1
as in to transform
to change in form, appearance, or use
the snappy pop song was transposed into a ballad through a reworking of instrumentation and a change in key
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as in to remove
to change the place or position of
after the ex-governor's scandals belatedly came to light, his portrait was transposed to a quiet corner of the statehouse
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Recent Examples of transpose
The 9×9’s interior also blends classic and modern, transposing current 911 switchgear onto a simple 993 dashboard.
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Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2024
Cain’s 2022 debut, Preacher’s Daughter, meanwhile, mined the grim underbelly of the American South and transposed it all into airy pop anthems.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
Works transposed into foreign languages—and cultures—inevitably suffer omissions and distortion.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
By transposing the customary equation of data security, Indukuri helped build FenixPyre to bake protection into the data.
—Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
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Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2024
Cain’s 2022 debut, Preacher’s Daughter, meanwhile, mined the grim underbelly of the American South and transposed it all into airy pop anthems.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
Works transposed into foreign languages—and cultures—inevitably suffer omissions and distortion.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
By transposing the customary equation of data security, Indukuri helped build FenixPyre to bake protection into the data.
—Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
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Guenther Steiner was one of the strong personalities on the Formula One track that helped transform Drive to Survive into a roaring success of a reality TV show for Netflix, before his dismissal from Team Haas after ten years at the helm.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
6 Apr. 2025
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His family escaped a totalitarian regime that persecuted them and now complain about opportunistic and culturally incompatible immigrants who seek to transform their adoptive country into a version of their regressive, Jew-hating, theocratic homelands.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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Following the act of protest, the referee of the University of Maryland match -- which was not an NCAA tournament -- issued a black card to Turner, removing her from the competition.—
Leah Sarnoff,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2025
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether or not South Carolina can remove Planned Parenthood clinics from the state's Medicaid program.—
Drew Hawkins,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2025
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The 75,000-square-foot emporium, converted from a former JC Penney, is a wormhole to the food court of any baekhwajeom (department store galleria) in Seoul’s glitzy Gangnam district.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
31 Mar. 2025
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Inverters convert the battery's current and are used to control the motor.—
Aditi Shah and Norihiko Shirouzu,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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Eventually any discourse about his low batting average and moving him in the lineup evaporated as Judge finished with a .322 average, 58 homers and 144 RBIS, barely missing out on matching Mickey Mantle in the Triple Crown department.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Life Time is moving forward on plans to expand into Idaho.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Apr. 2025
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By 2019, Mush had relocated to Chicago and was pulling in $5 million in annual sales.—
Chloe Sorvino,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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But with Pokrovsk itself heavily defended and the military supplies previously situated there largely relocated, Russia’s main effort in the area could be to push westward, rather than north.—
Andrew Carey and Kosta Gak,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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On March 28, the agency notified its remaining employees that they would be terminated either on July 1, when all remaining USAID functions are set to be merged with State, or before Sept. 2, when the agency’s operations will have been substantially wound down or transferred to State.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
6 Apr. 2025
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Trusting her advice, the man agreed to a partial payment and transferred $200 through Zelle, the report said.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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But after Bonet departed the series following its first season, the focus shifted to characters played by Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Dawnn Lewis, Glynn Turman, Cory Tyler, Lou Myers, Darryl M. Bell, Cree Summer, and Charnele Brown.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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Focus will now shift to international reporting requirements, most notably the European Union’s impact on U.S. businesses, and states like California and Colorado that are considering their own reporting mandates.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Transpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transpose. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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