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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
Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2025
Wong’s blended family might involve a little green alien and a mutant (Leela is the kids’ biological mom), and the kids weren't so much born (in the traditional sense) as they were spawned.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
The genetic rescue prevented the severe autoimmune disease in the male scurfy mice and confirmed that the mutant Foxp3 was the source of the problem.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Confirmed are the shapeshifting Mystique, the brutish Omega Red, at least one giant mutant-hunting Sentinel, and military organization the Reavers.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2025
Wong’s blended family might involve a little green alien and a mutant (Leela is the kids’ biological mom), and the kids weren't so much born (in the traditional sense) as they were spawned.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The super-powered mutant team's official move into the MCU was made possible thanks to Disney and Fox’s merger in 2019.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
The genetic rescue prevented the severe autoimmune disease in the male scurfy mice and confirmed that the mutant Foxp3 was the source of the problem.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutant
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What the Becks didn’t know was that their daughter was born with a rare genetic defect—an incurable, untreatable mutation that caused her death within days.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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With millions of mutations occurring across countless generations, the odds of nature reassembling the same blueprint are effectively zero.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Her daughter's infatuation with the skeleton is not abnormal, according to Isabel.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The only way to make a definitive diagnosis is to take thin slices of the brain after the person’s death and use a microscope to look for an abnormal accumulation of tau, a protein that stabilizes certain elements of the brain.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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One rare disease of particular interest for my lab is cerebral cavernous malformation, or CCM.—
Richard J. Price,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
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These are congenital malformations, essentially tiny tracts or pits near the ear that occur in about 0.1 to 0.9 percent of births in Europe and the United States, but can be more common in parts of Africa and Asia.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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So her aberrant behavior was anxiety-driven?—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
17 Oct. 2025
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What once was aberrant—indeed, unimaginable—is now standard Trump fare, demeaning not only to the Presidency but to the rule of law.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Geryon who is metaphorically and perhaps in reality a monster is infatuated with Herakles, but the internal world of Geryon is so thoroughly inspected.—
Amber McBride,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Mundane loot like monster teeth and eyeballs all have different effects when paired with a basic attack, making for a mind-boggling number of combinations for how to dole out punishment.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The 5-foot-10, 177-pound dynamo with unorthodox training methods and freakish athletic ability that, in its own way, rivals Shohei Ohtani’s.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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After Mother’s burial in a freakish sunshine that was followed by a violent purple hail, Brian and Conor filled in the grave with two long spades.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That’s a 1,000× power reduction for real-time anomaly detection at the sensor.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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Will Smith’s solo blast in the 11th sealed the Jays’ fate, but along the way fans feasted on a host of World Series anomalies, including a rare bench-clearing in the bottom of the fourth after Dodgers reliever Justin Wrobleski plunked Jays shortstop Andrés Giménez with a four-seamer.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The actress wears a white asymmetrical top and black trousers.—
Brittany Talarico,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Across the Taiwan Strait, Taipei is pursuing its own program to develop suicide drones aimed at enhancing its asymmetric warfare capabilities and countering China’s expanding military pressure.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Mutant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutant. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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