MUTATES Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

mutates

verb

present tense third-person singular of mutate

as in changes

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 mutates Measles mutates slowly enough that researchers can in many cases search for essentially the same strain when tracking its movements. —

Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026 This dynamic drives a phenomenon called antigenic shift meaning that the vaccine paradoxically encourages new mutations and can actually prolong pandemics as the virus constantly mutates to escape the protective effects of the vaccine. —

Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025

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Against a backdrop of tennis courts, luxury hotels, and colonial privilege, simmering tensions erupt as Lan’s brother Tran rejects his wealthy family’s collaboration with the French to join Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary cause, setting off an assassination that changes everything.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026
That changes with the S/C, which stands for Sport Cabriolet (the car is unrelated to the old 911 SC, or Super Carrera).

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2026