Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having power or a tendency to transform.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having power, or a tendency, to transform.
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- adjective That causes
transformation
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State senator Jim Ferlo, whose district includes most of the Strip and Lawrenceville along with a variety of other riverfront communities, sees potential to begin what he called a transformative process soon because of the scale of the properties involved.
Philadelphia Business News - Local Philadelphia News | The Philadelphia Business Journal 2010
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This post is the third in a five part series on a radical new approach to scaling BoP business models, what we call a transformative sector strategy.
NextBillion.net - Development Through Enterprise - Eradicating Poverty through Profit 2010
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They reflected what Brigid Inder of WIGJ called "the tension between the punitive formal justice model and the more comprehensive and complex agenda for what we call transformative justice, where the finding of guilt or innocence is accompanied by efforts to transform both communal and gender relations."
openDemocracy 2010
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The NSF went on to say that proposals should look for what it called transformative research that has the potential to enable the creation of architectures that reach beyond current core neworking components, mechanisms and application requirements. article penned earlier this month by my Network World colleague Carolyn Duffy Marsan that talked about the
Netflash 2010
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State senator Jim Ferlo, whose district includes most of the Strip and Lawrenceville along with a variety of other riverfront communities, sees potential to begin what he called a transformative process soon because of the scale of the properties involved.
Dallas Business News - Local Dallas News | Dallas Business Journal 2010
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But underneath the surface, something transformative is still happening.
It’s All Part of the Process – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly « Looking for Roots 2009
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And even in the deep, dark, deadness of winter, something transformative is happening deep in the ground, where Trevor the Toad takes his long nap below the frost line.
It’s Always More Subtle Than You Think « Looking for Roots 2009
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His work was described as "transformative" with precise attention and enthusiasm for details large and small; overcoming restrictions with innovation and beauty.
Liz Neumark: The Art of Public Service Liz Neumark 2011
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I know this is politics and we can't all sing kumbaya (and I always hated that song), but do we really want to ditch a rare moment to seize a possible long-term transformative moment for the left with internecine sniping?
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Video: Obama Pushes Back Aggressively Against Bill Clinton 2009
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