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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What is known is that the virus is moving swiftly through a variety of species around the globe — with ample opportunity to mutate and adapt.
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Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
The conflict began in 2011 as an outgrowth of the regional Arab Spring movement, with protests against the Assad regime that quickly mutated into an insurgency after the regime’s brutal crackdown.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 5 Dec. 2024
While no human cases of CWD have been confirmed to date, growing concerns over its spread — and its potential to mutate — are drawing serious attention.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
Biosecurity New Zealand believes laying hens foraging outside the shed were exposed to a low pathogenic virus from wild waterfowl, which can mutate on interaction with chickens.
—Matthew Brockett, Fortune Asia, 2 Dec. 2024
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Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
The conflict began in 2011 as an outgrowth of the regional Arab Spring movement, with protests against the Assad regime that quickly mutated into an insurgency after the regime’s brutal crackdown.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 5 Dec. 2024
While no human cases of CWD have been confirmed to date, growing concerns over its spread — and its potential to mutate — are drawing serious attention.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
Biosecurity New Zealand believes laying hens foraging outside the shed were exposed to a low pathogenic virus from wild waterfowl, which can mutate on interaction with chickens.
—Matthew Brockett, Fortune Asia, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Mutate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutate. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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