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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The Elvis story continues to mutate, especially as more and more filmmakers come in to write the story in their own way.
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
The protesters had by then mutated into a mob.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Viruses can mutate to escape from antibodies, but the mRNA vaccines are not causing the emergence of more virulent strains, likely for at least two reasons.
—Deborah Fuller, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Viruses can mutate to escape from antibodies, but the mRNA vaccines are not causing the emergence of more virulent strains, likely for at least two reasons.
—Deborah Fuller, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2025
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
The protesters had by then mutated into a mob.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Viruses can mutate to escape from antibodies, but the mRNA vaccines are not causing the emergence of more virulent strains, likely for at least two reasons.
—Deborah Fuller, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Viruses can mutate to escape from antibodies, but the mRNA vaccines are not causing the emergence of more virulent strains, likely for at least two reasons.
—Deborah Fuller, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Mutate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutate. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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