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
In the mid-’90s, scientists found a handful of cystic-fibrosis carriers who lacked vas deferens, despite only one of their CFTR copies being mutated.
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Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
Zhang, of Purdue, studies bioelectrical signaling in zebra fish, which develop striking extra-long tails when a certain ion channel is mutated.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2026
In subsequent analyses, Sankaran found that some of these mRNAs tend to derive from genes related to cell growth and, when mutated, are linked to cancers.
—Angus Chen, STAT, 1 Jan. 2026
In fact, influenza A H3N2 mutated seven times over the summer, to emerge as a stronger, heartier virus, Thomas Russo, MD, professor and chief of infectious disease at the University at Buffalo in New York, tells SELF.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 22 Dec. 2025
Ghoul Kings have already been revealed in the trailer, as have many of the giant mutated bugs like radscorpions and cazadors, Macaulay Culkin is in as a Caesar’s Legion centurion, and we're bound to witness epic clashes with Maximus' imposing Brotherhood of Steel.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 16 Dec. 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
Nowadays, the birds would be mutated.
—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
Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
Zhang, of Purdue, studies bioelectrical signaling in zebra fish, which develop striking extra-long tails when a certain ion channel is mutated.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2026
In subsequent analyses, Sankaran found that some of these mRNAs tend to derive from genes related to cell growth and, when mutated, are linked to cancers.
—Angus Chen, STAT, 1 Jan. 2026
In fact, influenza A H3N2 mutated seven times over the summer, to emerge as a stronger, heartier virus, Thomas Russo, MD, professor and chief of infectious disease at the University at Buffalo in New York, tells SELF.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 22 Dec. 2025
Ghoul Kings have already been revealed in the trailer, as have many of the giant mutated bugs like radscorpions and cazadors, Macaulay Culkin is in as a Caesar’s Legion centurion, and we're bound to witness epic clashes with Maximus' imposing Brotherhood of Steel.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 16 Dec. 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
Nowadays, the birds would be mutated.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutated
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A couple from Texas visiting my mom’s church changed everything.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Indeed, Earth’s properties have changed dramatically over the course of its inhabited history, and will likely change further as life on our world continues to evolve.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
17 Feb. 2026
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Polls have varied in the primary; an Emerson College poll from mid-January found Talarico up by 9 points, while a late January University of Houston poll found Crockett up by 8 points.—
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Feb. 2026
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But some of the numbers varied widely.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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If the robot learns to pick up a bottle in an exact position and the bottle is shifted slightly, a system that only imitates will repeat the original gesture and fail.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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This is one of the missions originally awarded to United Launch Alliance under the NSSL Phase 2 contracts, but shifted to SpaceX after delays in ULA’s Vulcan certification.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2026
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