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a plant or animal that is different from other plants or animals of the same kind because of a change in the structure of its genes; something produced by genetic mutation
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Recent Examples of mutant
Jessica Wang, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Cyrus’s revelation of her mutant larynx was meant as a vulnerable offering.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 5 June 2025
The sci-fi series has given us everything from mutant super-soldiers to all-out war between a farmer and an army of rats.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
It's been over two decades since Alan Cumming last played the teleporting Marvel mutant Nightcrawler.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 May 2025
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From Okja's hybrid super pig to The Host's mutant squid, filmmaker Bong Joon Ho is no stranger to a good cinematic creature.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Cyrus’s revelation of her mutant larynx was meant as a vulnerable offering.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 5 June 2025
The sci-fi series has given us everything from mutant super-soldiers to all-out war between a farmer and an army of rats.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
It's been over two decades since Alan Cumming last played the teleporting Marvel mutant Nightcrawler.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutant
Noun
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This mutation produces an abnormal transthyretin (TTR) protein that misfolds and forms amyloid deposits in the heart.—
Patty Weasler,
Verywell Health,
14 July 2025
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The Social and Behavioral Challenges group had more mutations in genes that became active after birth, Litman and Troyanskaya say, which could explain why these participants did not have developmental delays and tended to be diagnosed later than those in the other three groups.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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This mutation produces an abnormal transthyretin (TTR) protein that misfolds and forms amyloid deposits in the heart.—
Patty Weasler,
Verywell Health,
14 July 2025
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Retinopathy of prematurity is an eye disease that impacts premature babies and occurs when there is abnormal growth of the blood vessels in the retina.—
Ramal Nasim
Updated July 14,
Kansas City Star,
14 July 2025
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Other effects, such as developmental malformations in a fetus and cancer, have also been linked to this surfactant.1312 2.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
4 Mar. 2025
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After a long, eight-year battle, in which the hospital claimed that Maura had a genetic underlying vascular malformation in the brain, jurors sided with the Gallaghers, concluding that Maura's death was preventable.—
Gillian Telling,
People.com,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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This is not aberrant behavior from this Court’s Republican majority.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
26 June 2025
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With this book, Willy’s style began venturing into aberrant linguistic territory.—
Benjamin Hale
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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When Sinner got an early break in the fourth with another monster backhand, there was an inevitability about the outcome.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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Scott, in particular, is a perennial chart monster, with 2023’s Utopia debuting with nearly 500,000 units.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
13 July 2025
Adjective
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Consumer spending this year has been weak, but that could have been because of freakish weather.—
John Dorfman,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Defensive tackle Kenneth Grant and edge Shemar Stewart are two of Bruce Feldman’s freakish potential risers.—
Jacob Robinson,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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That’s a lot of familiar names, but hardly an anomaly.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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The Outrider System utilizes safety mechanisms, including redundant hazard detection, fail-safe hardware redundancies, and real-time health monitoring, to detect anomalies in the environment, override unsafe behaviors, and bring the autonomous vehicle to a stop when necessary.—
Richard Bishop,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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The revelation is also viewed as emblematic of an asymmetrical labor-management relationship.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
14 July 2025
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Wright designed his house in the shingle style, a then-popular East Coast design characterized by an asymmetrical facade, large veranda, and wood shingles.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
14 July 2025
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“Mutant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutant. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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