mutating

present participle of mutate
as in changing
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 mutating Among the familiar faces fans will encounter are the heroine, Lucy, the Ghoul, and Maximus, as well as a gaggle of mutating and robotic foes. Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025 But the form is alive and mutating elsewhere. Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025 Soon, people in the building are dealing with the quickly mutating microorganism that makes bodies explode. Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025 As the temperature rises underground, this highly contagious and rapidly mutating microorganism multiplies and unleashes its brain-controlling, body-bursting terrors on the facility’s inhabitants – human and otherwise. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025 There are, however, ways of using the tools of synthetic biology that tiptoe up to the GMO line without crossing it—for example, by mutating bugs at random and then selecting for the best ones. IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2018
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Verb
  • Tourists are still enjoying Michigan's lineup of dynamic fall events amid Apple Month and Michigan Agritourism Month this October and are flexible to changing fall color patterns, said Nick Nerbonne, media and digital director for Travel Michigan.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The United States Postal Service is temporarily changing its prices for the holiday season.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
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  • Right now, Amazon has discounts on popular Vionic styles, with savings up to 56 percent off and prices varying by color and size.
    Gabriela Garcia, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • These moons are not blue, but rather varying shades of yellow, orange, and grey.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • Moyes rejigged his attack, bringing in £35million summer signing Tyler Dibling for Dewsbury-Hall and shifting Iliman Ndiaye into the No 10 role.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The mini-alliances keep shifting.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Mutating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutating. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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