as in to change
to pass from one form, state, or level to another colored lights that slowly mutate from green to blue and so on across the color spectrum

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Recent Examples of mutate However, such dormancy could be a life strategy too, keeping the bacterium stable with its DNA replicated (albeit with next to no chance of mutating or evolving) every time the host divides. New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025 But from around 1988 to 1995, a number of labs identified a whole series of genes that, when mutated, could actually increase lifespan [in yeast and animals]. Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 16 Oct. 2025 The slaying of the serpent was a mythological superspreader, mutating and proliferating across the Indo-European world and beyond. Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025 Because flu viruses mutate frequently, the effectiveness of the flu vaccine can vary each year. Libby Richards, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mutate
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  • After the Supreme Court ruling, Holt said, the department changed its grooming policy to allow closely cropped beards.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Scripts are being changed now, Deadline reported, because the move was unexpected.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
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  • Cut remaining biscuit sticks to varying lengths to form the graveyard fence.
    Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Dates will vary, but Christmas markets across Europe generally open in mid- or late November and close around January 1.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 18 Oct. 2025
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  • The concern is now shifted to faster growth deceleration and potentially larger CPI headwinds.
    Michael Bloom, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
  • After the arrests, power shifted toward Daniel.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025

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