as in changed
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 mutated
Nowadays, the birds would be mutated.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Stardom has splintered, expanded, mutated in the decades since the fall of the studio system that minted and owned its stars under contract.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
Locals such as Dominio de Atauta winemaker Jaime Suárez call Tempranillo tinto fino (fine red) or tinta del pais (red of the country) to differentiate it from the same grape grown elsewhere in the country, as it is said to have mutated due to the region’s altitude, climate, and soils.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2025
Advertisement The study involved 29 patients with Huntington’s disease who were given one of two doses of gene therapy that targeted the huntingtin gene, which is mutated in the disease.
—Alice Park, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
The protesters had by then mutated into a mob.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The new open world setup is all about scanning and scavenging for items, as well as taking down various Immortals (creatures mutated due to Femto).
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Ella Purnell leads the cast as optimistic Vault-dweller Lucy, who is forced to the surface to rescue her father, opposite Walton Goggins, who plays the Ghoul, a bounty hunter who mutated and has survived the 200 years since the Great War.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025
Today, nearly all of the world’s polio cases – mostly in Africa and the Middle East – are mutated viruses from the oral vaccine, except for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
—CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025
Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Stardom has splintered, expanded, mutated in the decades since the fall of the studio system that minted and owned its stars under contract.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
Locals such as Dominio de Atauta winemaker Jaime Suárez call Tempranillo tinto fino (fine red) or tinta del pais (red of the country) to differentiate it from the same grape grown elsewhere in the country, as it is said to have mutated due to the region’s altitude, climate, and soils.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2025
Advertisement The study involved 29 patients with Huntington’s disease who were given one of two doses of gene therapy that targeted the huntingtin gene, which is mutated in the disease.
—Alice Park, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
The protesters had by then mutated into a mob.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The new open world setup is all about scanning and scavenging for items, as well as taking down various Immortals (creatures mutated due to Femto).
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Ella Purnell leads the cast as optimistic Vault-dweller Lucy, who is forced to the surface to rescue her father, opposite Walton Goggins, who plays the Ghoul, a bounty hunter who mutated and has survived the 200 years since the Great War.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025
Today, nearly all of the world’s polio cases – mostly in Africa and the Middle East – are mutated viruses from the oral vaccine, except for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
—CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutated
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San Francisco ran for 174 yards against the Falcons, sparking a 20-10 win that might have changed the course of the Niners’ season.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
20 Oct. 2025
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Though all that has changed, the town has managed to preserve its Victorian architecture, and its downtown and waterfront were deemed National Historic Landmarks.—
Noreen Kompanik,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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The rates varied from a low of 25% in Colorado to a high of more than 40% in West Virginia.—
Jonel Aleccia,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Ramirez is believed to have killed at least 15 people; because his victims varied in age, gender and background, that made Ramirez’s crimes extremely hard to predict.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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The federal government’s policies on enforcement have not shifted, making further local-federal clashes likely in the coming months.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
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Teresa shifted forward a bit, so her toes peeked over the edge of the roof.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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