as in to change
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 mutate
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.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
Some pieces were padded to create an alien-like dropped and mutated proposition.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 25 Mar. 2025
The Moment gives an inside look at the inner workings of the music industry and explores how subculture is mutated by commercial success.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
As the threat of bird flu mounts—the virus is tearing through farms and mutating in ways that increasingly threaten human health—the country’s response has been woefully inadequate.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
Some pieces were padded to create an alien-like dropped and mutated proposition.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 25 Mar. 2025
The Moment gives an inside look at the inner workings of the music industry and explores how subculture is mutated by commercial success.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
As the threat of bird flu mounts—the virus is tearing through farms and mutating in ways that increasingly threaten human health—the country’s response has been woefully inadequate.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutate
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The summary will also be updated as new information is added, meaning new replies to the chain may change the summary at the top.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
30 May 2025
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Even after taking over as captain ahead of the 2018-19 season, Barkov didn’t change his approach.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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However, dosages may actually vary from 1 to 10 mg per day.—
Verywell Health,
Verywell Health,
3 June 2025
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The findings reached by other organizations on how much prison and jail actually costs people also vary widely.—
Meg Anderson,
NPR,
3 June 2025
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That leadership change followed GOP gains through 2024’s Senate Bill 382, which shifted appointment powers from Gov. Josh Stein (D-NC) to Republican State Auditor Dave Boliek.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
28 May 2025
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As one of the biggest budget comedies to come out of India, the action shifts from the boat across to London, then France, Spain and back to the UK as the police search for their killer.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
27 May 2025
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“Mutate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutate. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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