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Meanwhile, back in the 1990s, suspicious foes and new strains of mutant intolerance are on the rise in the wake of the X-Men’s absence.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
25 June 2026 Further, mutant embryos are much more difficult to obtain than just wild-type human embryos.—
Paul Knoepfler,
STAT,
24 June 2026 James’s acting career includes roles as the mutant superhero Cyclops in the X-Men film series and as Sheriff Tom Wachowski in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.—
Chris Perugini,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026 Gene therapy company UniQure developed a one-time treatment, AMT-130, that aims to lower brain levels of the mutant protein behind the disease, called huntingtin.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for mutant
Word History
Etymology
Latin mutant-, mutans, present participle of mutare