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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However, flu viruses evolve, and H5N1 could mutate and gain the ability to infect people more easily.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 July 2024
Second, the newest variants are mutating to spread more easily between people.
—Alice Park, TIME, 9 July 2024
The band’s unique sound was partly inspired by jazz-sampling hip-hop albums such as A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, but mutated into something unique and genre-agnostic by their 1994 debut.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 20 June 2024
The more the virus spreads in animals, the greater the likelihood of human exposures and transmission, Monto said, which also increases the odds that the virus could mutate in a way that would allow H5N1 to spread from person to person or cause more severe disease.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 July 2024
Second, the newest variants are mutating to spread more easily between people.
—Alice Park, TIME, 9 July 2024
The band’s unique sound was partly inspired by jazz-sampling hip-hop albums such as A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, but mutated into something unique and genre-agnostic by their 1994 debut.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 20 June 2024
The more the virus spreads in animals, the greater the likelihood of human exposures and transmission, Monto said, which also increases the odds that the virus could mutate in a way that would allow H5N1 to spread from person to person or cause more severe disease.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
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“Mutate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutate. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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