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
Rankings influence many disciplines and can mutate values as well as goals, leading academics to such unscholarly behaviors as plagiarizing others’ work, unintentionally manipulating data, or outright falsifying it.
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Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026
In the games, the virus is used as a type of biological warfare that can mutate those exposed to it.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
This discovery will aid researchers in learning how bacteria began to mutate and branch out into various strains that lead to diseases that communicate differently.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 24 Jan. 2026
In the games, the ghost town operates as an ever-mutating mindspace.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026
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Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026
In the games, the virus is used as a type of biological warfare that can mutate those exposed to it.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
This discovery will aid researchers in learning how bacteria began to mutate and branch out into various strains that lead to diseases that communicate differently.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 24 Jan. 2026
In the games, the ghost town operates as an ever-mutating mindspace.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutate
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Invite a calm talk about time commitments, because fairness grows when expectations are measurable and both sides understand what happens if plans change.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
26 Mar. 2026
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Abril’s trial was initially scheduled to begin a year ago but was delayed after Abril changed his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity in February 2025.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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The past four years of UNC basketball, though, have evoked varying shades of disappointment.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2026
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The Seder provides many different ways to engage with the language, often alongside older generations who acquired varying degrees of proficiency from their forebears.—
Bryan Kirschen,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2026
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Former Work aide Greg Grant gave a detailed history of Obama-era efforts to shift Pentagon thinking to the Small Wars Journal.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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But since Bush, nearly every president has shifted NASA’s goals, with budgets often not matching ambitions.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Mutate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutate. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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