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variants

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Recent Examples of variants Like most other variants, the symptoms of the Cicada variant are the same as those of other COVID-19 variant infections. — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026 New variants include the TMP era variant and STO era variant, as well as a remaster of the TOS era variant. — David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025

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Eric Mittenthal, president of the association, said the hot dog variations usually originated from ballparks, like Kauffman Stadium.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
His measurement does not rule it out, but severely narrows its scope, eliminating a large range of its potential variations.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026

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There are also significant deviations from US civilian law, said law professor Joshua Kastenberg on The Conversation.

— Will Barker, TheWeek, 8 July 2026
In the book, the Senator is a man — Paul Thurman — but Yost previously confirmed that the show makes significant deviations from the source material.

— Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026

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He was diagnosed with a disease called Marfan syndrome, which generally involves mutations in a gene that helps build connective tissue in the body.

— Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
The virus spends approximately ten months of every year locked inside dormant mosquito eggs that overwinter beneath leaf litter and snow, with little to no viral replication, so few new mutations enter the population.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of mutations

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Reuniting with longtime collaborator Jake Schreier and writing alongside The Bear‘s Joanna Calo, Lee said the team is approaching the iconic mutants by putting their humanity ahead of spectacle.

— Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 8 July 2026
But these genes were not mutants to start with in the human embryos that Egli’s team edited.

— Paul Knoepfler, STAT, 24 June 2026

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