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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Most organisms use tens of thousands of protein types, and each can be mutated, modified and measured in different ways and in countless environments.
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Marc Zimmer, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2026
In more ways than one, this war has mutated into an ugly numbers game.
—Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
Rankings influence many disciplines and can mutate values as well as goals, leading academics to such unscholarly behaviors as plagiarizing others’ work, unintentionally manipulating data, or outright falsifying it.
—Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026
In the mid-’90s, scientists found a handful of cystic-fibrosis carriers who lacked vas deferens, despite only one of their CFTR copies being mutated.
—Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
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Marc Zimmer, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2026
In more ways than one, this war has mutated into an ugly numbers game.
—Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
Rankings influence many disciplines and can mutate values as well as goals, leading academics to such unscholarly behaviors as plagiarizing others’ work, unintentionally manipulating data, or outright falsifying it.
—Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026
In the mid-’90s, scientists found a handful of cystic-fibrosis carriers who lacked vas deferens, despite only one of their CFTR copies being mutated.
—Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
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“Mutate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutate. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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