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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Today, nearly all of the world’s polio cases — mostly in Africa and the Middle East — are mutated viruses from the oral vaccine, except for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Riazat Butt, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Plus, the coronavirus is constantly mutating, producing new versions that have been able to evade immune protection from vaccination or previous infection.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 24 July 2025
And that’s just the first traumatic — albeit, thrilling — run-in with the formerly extinct, and genetically mutated, species which roam freely around the tropical locale.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 July 2025
In this sense, AI would act like a virus that mutates against a vaccine.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 24 July 2025
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Riazat Butt, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Plus, the coronavirus is constantly mutating, producing new versions that have been able to evade immune protection from vaccination or previous infection.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 24 July 2025
And that’s just the first traumatic — albeit, thrilling — run-in with the formerly extinct, and genetically mutated, species which roam freely around the tropical locale.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 July 2025
In this sense, AI would act like a virus that mutates against a vaccine.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 24 July 2025
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“Mutate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutate. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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