Examples of mutate in a Sentence
a disease that mutates genes in humans
a group of mutated genes
Over time, her feelings mutated from hatred into love.
opera singers mutating into pop stars
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So scientists had to develop new monoclonal antibody treatments quickly to try and keep up with the mutating virus.
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Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
When these genes mutate, they are then called oncogenes.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 14 Feb. 2025
The virus that causes COVID, SARS-CoV-2, hasn’t mutated much recently, says Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist who writes the popular newsletter Your Local Epidemiologist and consults for the CDC.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2025
The latest strain isn’t a surprise, say public-health experts, since influenza takes different forms in different species and is constantly mutating.
—Alice Park, TIME, 4 Feb. 2025
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Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
When these genes mutate, they are then called oncogenes.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 14 Feb. 2025
The virus that causes COVID, SARS-CoV-2, hasn’t mutated much recently, says Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist who writes the popular newsletter Your Local Epidemiologist and consults for the CDC.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2025
The latest strain isn’t a surprise, say public-health experts, since influenza takes different forms in different species and is constantly mutating.
—Alice Park, TIME, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Mutate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutate. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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