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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The therapy intravenously delivers a transgene that codes for select portions of a protein called dystrophin in healthy muscle cells; the protein is mutated in patients with DMD.
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Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 21 June 2024
After nuclear fallout, the exposure to radiation mutated him into the Ghoul, a noseless, scarred bounty hunter.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 17 June 2024
Scientists warn the virus could mutate to spread from person to person like the seasonal flu, which could spark a pandemic.
—Tony Leys and Amy Maxmen, USA TODAY, 26 May 2024
The director has also taken Kahlo’s drawings and paintings, including some of the most immortal ones, and animated them so that the images now shift before our eyes to reflect her emotional transformations, with pictures often mutating into one another.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 June 2024
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Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 21 June 2024
After nuclear fallout, the exposure to radiation mutated him into the Ghoul, a noseless, scarred bounty hunter.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 17 June 2024
Scientists warn the virus could mutate to spread from person to person like the seasonal flu, which could spark a pandemic.
—Tony Leys and Amy Maxmen, USA TODAY, 26 May 2024
The director has also taken Kahlo’s drawings and paintings, including some of the most immortal ones, and animated them so that the images now shift before our eyes to reflect her emotional transformations, with pictures often mutating into one another.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 June 2024
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“Mutate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutate. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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