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 But Lipsitch and others say the fact that the virus is constantly mutating and changing calls into question the relevance of gain-of-function research. Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024 In that text, words do not mutate or switch places. Louise Glück, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2025 When damaged, the cells may mutate and develop into cancer cells.4 Cancer developing in the pleura can cause fluid accumulation in the pleural space between the lungs and the chest wall. Oliver Eng, Health, 31 Dec. 2024 In terms of physicality, the game has mutated and moved on. Alan Shearer, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mutate 
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  • Petterson told the La Jolla Light that SERP changes the conversation from how to conduct layoffs to how the district can reorganize staff, rehire and maintain a normal classroom experience.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Critics of the war said that only withholding military aid would change the Israeli approach.
    Edward Wong, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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  • Food and wine options are robust, varying depending on the season and specific route.
    Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2025
  • On The Water Apart from that sense of solitude, a major part of the appeal is clearly the location: on a peninsula with one side fronting the calm, pure turquoise water of the Caicos Bank; the other side, the rolling waves of the Atlantic in varying shades of blue.
    Laurie Werner, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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  • The market for sports skinny bundles has shifted, given recent news that Venu Sports is not moving forward, Disney is investing into Fubo, and DirecTV will be offering a grouping of sports channels called MySports, which was announced on Tuesday.
    Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 15 Jan. 2025
  • That policy had already shifted, but an analysis found the county should go even further to discourage any increases in density in those areas, given how many structures are already at risk.
    Lauren Sommer, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025

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“Mutate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutate. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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