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
Recent Examples on the Web
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 had mutated into something unique and genre-agnostic by their 1994 debut.
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Al Shipley, SPIN, 21 Apr. 2024
The genes for the proteins in this pathway are mutated in at least 30% of human cancers.
—Quanta Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
And that just means more opportunity for this virus to mutate and change.
—Patrick Jarenwattananon, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024
Rapid tests actually look for a part of the virus that is less likely to mutate and dodge the tests.
—Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 13 Jan. 2024
One way or another, Marvel was always going to have to mutate.
—Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Like all viruses, H5N1 has the potential to mutate to become more of a threat to humans.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
The official dismissed any comparison to the COVID-19 pandemic for reasons including the fact that avian flu is not a new virus, medications already exist to treat it, there is no evidence of human-to-human spread and no evidence of the virus having mutated.
—Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2024
For most of the world, the virus went its way, mutating cleverly, with the weird mimic intelligence of microorganisms.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
Al Shipley, SPIN, 21 Apr. 2024
The genes for the proteins in this pathway are mutated in at least 30% of human cancers.
—Quanta Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
And that just means more opportunity for this virus to mutate and change.
—Patrick Jarenwattananon, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024
Rapid tests actually look for a part of the virus that is less likely to mutate and dodge the tests.
—Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 13 Jan. 2024
One way or another, Marvel was always going to have to mutate.
—Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Like all viruses, H5N1 has the potential to mutate to become more of a threat to humans.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
The official dismissed any comparison to the COVID-19 pandemic for reasons including the fact that avian flu is not a new virus, medications already exist to treat it, there is no evidence of human-to-human spread and no evidence of the virus having mutated.
—Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2024
For most of the world, the virus went its way, mutating cleverly, with the weird mimic intelligence of microorganisms.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
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