mutate
verb (used with object)
to change; alter.
mutated
Example Sentences
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Flu hit early last winter, with a new mutated version of the virus circulating - a seasonal influenza called subclade K or Super-K.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
But despite its effectiveness in eliminating polio, the live virus occasionally mutated back into its pathogenic form, resulting in rare cases of vaccine-related polio—something that Sabin refused to acknowledge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
But the alternative, as “Backrooms” so sagely implies, is remaining stuck in the past, letting ourselves be mutated and misremembered until we look nothing like us at all.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
It works by inhibiting the ODC protein, which in turn reduces the excessive enzyme activity caused by the mutated gene.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2026
His nose and mouth had mutated into a snout filled with yellow fangs.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
