as in to change
to pass from one form, state, or level to another
colored lights that slowly mutate from green to blue and so on across the color spectrum
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Recent Examples of mutate
As a tumor begins, the cells start mutating more and more.
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Lisa Chase, Outside Online, 29 Nov. 2024
Oh, and this bunker is flooded with radiation that can mutate us.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
The main issue has been a nagging outbreak of avian flu that farmers and health officials have had trouble containing due to its ability to mutate and infect animals.
—Austin Denean, Baltimore Sun, 23 Nov. 2024
How alienating to not even know the way around your own palate − each of your urges stuffed through the cogs of diet culture and mutated beyond recognition.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
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Lisa Chase, Outside Online, 29 Nov. 2024
Oh, and this bunker is flooded with radiation that can mutate us.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
The main issue has been a nagging outbreak of avian flu that farmers and health officials have had trouble containing due to its ability to mutate and infect animals.
—Austin Denean, Baltimore Sun, 23 Nov. 2024
How alienating to not even know the way around your own palate − each of your urges stuffed through the cogs of diet culture and mutated beyond recognition.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
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Expect deep, revealing conversations that change the course of your love life.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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In the meantime, Tony Verna, a young CBS director, was hatching a plan to test an innovation that would change sports and live television forever.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2024
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Technology has connected people of varying cultures and backgrounds, often from opposite ends of the globe.Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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However, performance varied across its brands: Macy's stores reported a 2.2 percent decline, while Bloomingdale's saw a 2 percent increase, and Bluemercury achieved a 3.3 percent rise.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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The landscape has shifted dramatically in recent years.JD Barker, Rolling Stone, 16 Dec. 2024
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Perhaps the company has shifted its mission, adopted new policies, or its leadership style has changed in a way that feels at odds with your own principles.Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Mutate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutate. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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