How to Use alchemy in a Sentence
alchemy
noun
- The company hoped for some sort of economic alchemy that would improve business.
- She practiced her alchemy in the kitchen, turning a pile of vegetables into a delicious salad.
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And that’s part of the transcendence and the alchemy of it.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2023
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In a kind of alchemy, trousers looked like skirts, and skirts like trousers.
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Colleen Barry,
ajc,
25 Sep. 2022
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This is a glimpse of the alchemy that forges one people from many.
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David Brog,
National Review,
1 Aug. 2019
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And this was that kind of perfect job where the alchemy was just there.
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Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
4 Mar. 2024
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Will Stewart work the same kind of alchemy in his new show?
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oregonlive,
28 Apr. 2021
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Fame can fizzle, or a star can trip up, and the alchemy has to be just right.
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Time,
20 June 2023
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At the pinnacle of the SRT base-to-gold alchemy is the Hellcat.
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Al Haas,
Philly.com,
25 Jan. 2018
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But the alchemy of his work is not found in the parks, the roads, the flowers in bloom nor in the town’s church or in the house itself.
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William Friedkin,
New York Times,
15 May 2017
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That’s the alchemy that tech giants still can’t solve for.
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Cecilia D'anastasio,
Wired,
26 Feb. 2021
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What is the strange alchemy that enables friends and teammates to bring out the best in us?
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Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
20 June 2018
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There’s a lot of alchemy there that leads to what happened with that young man.
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Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
30 Sep. 2023
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The result is the kind of rock & roll alchemy that turns cheese into gold.
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Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
16 Aug. 2024
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But that mind in itself, not the scene-to-scene alchemy of the movie, is what emerges most thrillingly.
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K. Austin Collins,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2021
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But the chemistry has been good, the alchemy even better.
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John Anderson,
WSJ,
12 Dec. 2023
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The alchemy of that celebration will stay with us for the rest of our lives.
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Alexandra MacOn,
Vogue,
15 Oct. 2021
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In this case, there was like this odd alchemy and the heart just started beating.
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CBS News,
14 Mar. 2020
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The alchemy between the writing and the actor started to gel.
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Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
1 Mar. 2024
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Of course, as with most efforts at alchemy, the result may not be pure gold.
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Andrew Rudalevige,
Washington Post,
31 Jan. 2018
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But with so much up in the air, the equation starts to look less like algebra and more like alchemy.
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Lionel Laurent,
Bloomberg.com,
19 Apr. 2018
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Later, Piss Prophets opted for a touch of alchemy and mixed urine with wine.
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Holly Barker,
Discover Magazine,
14 July 2022
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This, then, is art as alchemy; paint and light as bestowers of life.
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Sebastian Smee,
Washington Post,
11 Oct. 2023
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And this alchemy takes only 20 minutes, plus a night in the freezer.
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Beth Segal,
cleveland,
12 Feb. 2021
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That fine and rare clubhouse alchemy, that belief in self.
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Paul Daugherty,
The Enquirer,
24 Aug. 2021
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And, to quote Jason Reynolds, what happens within that space is a form of alchemy.
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Washington Post,
25 Apr. 2022
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The interaction of late-night host and guest is alchemy.
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Vulture,
28 Jan. 2022
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Which, given the way the world is currently turning, might be the greatest act of alchemy of them all.
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Mark Holgate,
Vogue,
23 June 2017
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Unconstrained growth is the alchemy of the 21st century.
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Agastya Kumar Komarraju,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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Beguiling, funny, exuberant and true—sometimes the alchemy is just right for a modern classic.
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Pitchfork,
3 Dec. 2024
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