mutate
verb (used with object)
to change; alter.
will mutate
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future tenseof mutate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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"What people fundamentally don't understand is that when there is this high level of community transmission, this will mutate," Poland said.
From Reuters ● Jul. 13, 2022
“We know viruses will mutate and SARS-CoV-2 is no different, as we saw before with delta,” said Landers.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
We need to monitor whether the virus will mutate to use different host cell receptors.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 17, 2021
Monica Gandhi, infectious disease doctor and professor of medicine at the University of California–San Francisco, told Salon the delta variant will mutate.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2021
If it continues to spread, officials fear that it will mutate into another, even more dangerous variant that could evade vaccines.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
