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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During the fall of 2019, in a lab in Wuhan, China, a cluster of atoms weighing less than one-trillionth of a gram mutated ever so slightly, cascading into the greatest disruption to human life in over a century.
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Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Cornell University’s Department of Public & Ecosystem Health expert Jenny Bloodgood told NBC News that she’s seen a fox, a skunk, a possum and a bobcat test positive for the virus in New York State, indicating the bug could be mutating.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
Scientists have developed some wheat strains resistant to the disease, but pathogens that affect plants can mutate and evolve.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
The events mutated into a leaderless harassment campaign known as Gamergate, eventually moving from 4chan to more mainstream social media platforms.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
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Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Cornell University’s Department of Public & Ecosystem Health expert Jenny Bloodgood told NBC News that she’s seen a fox, a skunk, a possum and a bobcat test positive for the virus in New York State, indicating the bug could be mutating.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
Scientists have developed some wheat strains resistant to the disease, but pathogens that affect plants can mutate and evolve.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
The events mutated into a leaderless harassment campaign known as Gamergate, eventually moving from 4chan to more mainstream social media platforms.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Mutate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutate. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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