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
Once dismissed as a Nineties fad, shoegaze has never stopped mutating and expanding as a musical language.
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
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
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
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
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Kansas freshman guard Kohl Rosario changed his physical appearance dramatically on Tuesday, deciding to shave his trademark mustache prior to the Jayhawks’ nonconference basketball game against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Allen Fieldhouse.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
12 Nov. 2025
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In that sense, some things haven’t changed since ABC first bought the pitch from BBC 20 years ago that was a celebrity reboot of the UK’s old Come Dancing ballroom competition series.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
11 Nov. 2025
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Individual customers' bills will vary according to their usage rates.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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Plus, the amount of each item varies.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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With Carlos Correa back in town, there's an argument that the Astros could find a trade partner for Walker and attempt to shift two-time All-Star Isaac Paredes to first base full-time.—
Patrick McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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The commercial industry is shifting toward planting grafted trees from improved cultivars.—
Randy Moll,
Arkansas Online,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Mutate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutate. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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