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“Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe,” the movie, is written and directed by Aitch Alberto, who has transposed Sáenz’s emotional and intimate prose to the screen.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023

Taking on climate change, playwright Michael John Garcés has transposed “The Magic Flute” to a hellish Los Angeles of the near-future, a wasteland blighted by drought and stalked by a mysterious monster.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2017

The production is masterminded by director Corinne Jaber, who once performed with the RSC and has transposed Shakespeare's early farce to modern-day Afghanistan.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2012

It is clearly an error of a most ignorant or careless compositor, who has transposed the nouns.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 by Various

Laud has transposed the and, and the correct reading should be that erthe madist for the erthe & suffredist paynes ille, in which case Harl.

From Erthe Upon Erthe by Various