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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Stan has plenty of comic-book bona fides thanks to his Avengers tenure, but the Batverse is also a realm of intense prosthetics, over-the-top voices, and enough moral rot to mutate almost any familiar face.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2026
In subsequent analyses, Sankaran found that some of these mRNAs tend to derive from genes related to cell growth and, when mutated, are linked to cancers.
—Angus Chen, STAT, 1 Jan. 2026
Lopatin has long sought to mutate popular culture into alien forms.
—Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 23 Dec. 2025
In fact, influenza A H3N2 mutated seven times over the summer, to emerge as a stronger, heartier virus, Thomas Russo, MD, professor and chief of infectious disease at the University at Buffalo in New York, tells SELF.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 22 Dec. 2025
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2026
In subsequent analyses, Sankaran found that some of these mRNAs tend to derive from genes related to cell growth and, when mutated, are linked to cancers.
—Angus Chen, STAT, 1 Jan. 2026
Lopatin has long sought to mutate popular culture into alien forms.
—Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 23 Dec. 2025
In fact, influenza A H3N2 mutated seven times over the summer, to emerge as a stronger, heartier virus, Thomas Russo, MD, professor and chief of infectious disease at the University at Buffalo in New York, tells SELF.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 22 Dec. 2025
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“Mutate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutate. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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