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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As long as Wembanyama continues to mutate, San Antonio will stick.
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Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 31 May 2026
Both variants cause very similar symptoms, even though the virus is known to mutate rapidly, Yancey said.
—NBC news, 29 May 2026
New products arrive weekly, existing ones mutate with each model upgrade and the falling cost of building software means that every startup with a large-language model and a pitch deck now claims to be reinventing the category.
—Eilon Reshef, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Things reportedly spiral after a strange signal hidden beneath the city’s subway tunnels begins mutating the station’s broadcasts — and possibly its listeners.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 14 May 2026
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Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 31 May 2026
Both variants cause very similar symptoms, even though the virus is known to mutate rapidly, Yancey said.
—NBC news, 29 May 2026
New products arrive weekly, existing ones mutate with each model upgrade and the falling cost of building software means that every startup with a large-language model and a pitch deck now claims to be reinventing the category.
—Eilon Reshef, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Things reportedly spiral after a strange signal hidden beneath the city’s subway tunnels begins mutating the station’s broadcasts — and possibly its listeners.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 14 May 2026
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“Mutate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutate. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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