Examples of mutate in a Sentence
a disease that mutates genes in humans
a group of mutated genes
Over time, her feelings mutated from hatred into love.
opera singers mutating into pop stars
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In the face of the simple coupe’s mutating genetic tree, the Lexus LC stands firm as a proper grand tourer.
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Jeremy Korzeniewski, Robb Report, 1 May 2025
Here’s why that’s challenging By Lauren J. Young edited by Dean Visser
Scientists have spent decades in hot pursuit of a universal influenza vaccine—a single shot to protect people from past and possible future strains of a frequently mutating virus.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 1 May 2025
As fun as these scenes are, the film could have done more with the mutating magic of it all.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025
What actually happened was that SARS-CoV-2 began mutating quickly, first to be more transmissible and then to evade our immunity, causing breakthrough infections and reinfections.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2025
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Jeremy Korzeniewski, Robb Report, 1 May 2025
Here’s why that’s challenging By Lauren J. Young edited by Dean Visser
Scientists have spent decades in hot pursuit of a universal influenza vaccine—a single shot to protect people from past and possible future strains of a frequently mutating virus.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 1 May 2025
As fun as these scenes are, the film could have done more with the mutating magic of it all.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025
What actually happened was that SARS-CoV-2 began mutating quickly, first to be more transmissible and then to evade our immunity, causing breakthrough infections and reinfections.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Mutate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutate. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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