How to Use transformational in a Sentence

transformational

adjective
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  • This has been the most transformational three years of my life.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Mar. 2022
  • But in the past six years, two transformational events have begun to reshape the United States’ place in the world.
    — Daniel Bessner, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
  • This month is going to be deeply transformational for you, Pisces.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 May 2022
  • The event, started by John Paul II, remains transformational for young people and those who love them.
    — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 31 July 2023
  • Whatever helps the process move along, just removing the ego, and that has been transformational.
    — Joshua Barone, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2023
  • And so it’s been transformational for me and my family.
    — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Auto industry leaders didn’t used to be the sort of folks who talked about transformational change.
    — Time, 18 June 2023
  • The mayor frequently lauds the program as a transformational effort to boost neighborhoods on the South and West Sides.
    — Gregory Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2023
  • This is a transformational time for the American theater, which is why our group got started.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2022
  • The internet has been transformational for the watch market—and one of the key reasons younger buyers are quickly becoming the ones leading the charge.
    — Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • This year’s changes are even bigger and more transformational.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2023
  • The latter – with broad support across the country – has come to desire systemic, transformational change.
    — Munza Mushtaq, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2022
  • If a solution is not transformational, addressing the U.S. health care system’s big and small problems at scale, there’s no room for it.
    — Owen Tripp, STAT, 12 Jan. 2023
  • That's hundreds of factories, and to get the talent in there, into the factories, will be transformational.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Data has emerged as the top driver of transformational value.
    — Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • But truly long-term, transformational change has yet to follow.
    — Bryce Covert, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2023
  • In the face of an epic crisis, a transformational leader takes a cue from the alchemical arts, turning a dire situation on its head.
    — Erica Ariel Fox, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2022
  • The rumours were true: after three transformational years at Chloé, Gabriela Hearst is stepping down as its creative director, the brand has confirmed.
    — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 6 July 2023
  • Finally, on the other end of the spectrum is transformational CCM, which aspired to change the broader culture – U2 might serve as an example.
    — David W. Stowe, The Conversation, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The mission creep of replay review, though, may be nothing compared to what umpires now face in the 2023 season, which is shaping up to be the most transformational in M.L.B. history.
    — Devin Gordon, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • For those willing to take on this task, the rewards can be transformational, contributing to a brand’s long-term success and relevance in an ever-shifting world.
    — Angelique Kuiper, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2024
  • More transformational would be to inspire them to be original.
    — Ilan Stavans, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The sale would be a transformational deal and, if successful, the first such divestiture for a European carrier.
    — Daniele Lepido, Fortune, 17 July 2023
  • The goal is to create lasting transformational social change.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 15 May 2022
  • Rogers said high-speed rail would be transformational for the city, bringing investment and jobs and training for local residents.
    — Lorraine Mirabella, baltimoresun.com, 7 Mar. 2022
  • TikTok has yielded many health and fitness trends over the years, but none have been as rampant or consistent as those who share #75Hard transformational photo montages on the platform.
    — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 7 Mar. 2023
  • That was eight years after DJ Kool Herc first demonstrated that two turntables and a microphone were all that was needed to start, and sustain, a party that birthed a transformational movement.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
  • In this vein, the character of Gloria is hardly transformational.
    — TIME, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Such bills tend to be incremental rather than the huge, transformational bills that unnerve Americans.
    — Karl Rove, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Over the last six decades, no part of European integration has been as transformational as the gradual enlargement of what is now the European Union.
    — Carl Bildt, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2023

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