mutated

verb

past tense of mutate
as in changed
to pass from one form, state, or level to another colored lights that slowly mutate from green to blue and so on across the color spectrum

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Recent Examples of mutated Of these, 16 of them proved to be viable and able to kill certain strains of Escherichia coli—including strains of the bacterium that had mutated to be resistant to the original reference genome of ΦX174. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026 The causes of superhero fatigue — which have recently arguably mutated into full-on franchise fatigue for many properties — have been endlessly discussed. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026 Like so much of language, serviceberry’s origins are a mish-mash of a few different things, mutated over time. — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 30 July 2026 The finding came from a study in which van der Weyden and other scientists across the world investigated cancer-causing genes in tumor samples of nearly 500 domestic cats -- specifically which genes were commonly mutated. — Kyle Melnick The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2026 The company has mutated into something that defies both comparison and logic. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026 Over evolutionary time, this theory goes, one of those copies mutated and evolved to give rise to a second photosystem that uses oxygen to harvest energy more efficiently. — Quanta Magazine, 10 June 2026 But the War on Terror persisted and mutated into nightmares in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then Syria, which unleashed that darkness in the form of terrorist states and a refugee crisis that spread anti-Muslim and anti-migrant hatred to Europe, the United States, and beyond. — Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026 According to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, BRCA2 is a gene that, when mutated, can increase a person’s lifetime risk of breast and other cancers, including ovarian, prostate and pancreatic. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutated
  1. changed
  2. varied
  3. shifted
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  • What changed in the past generation is that companies other than banks and consulting firms have disappeared from campus recruiting, and colleges have allowed a recruiting race to the bottom in return.
    — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The researchers demonstrated the concept using signals whose characteristics changed over time, including handwriting and object movement at different speeds.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of changed
Verb
  • Others varied the potatoes and went with diced frozen ones or crispy tots.
    — Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The dozens of similar shows that have followed, many of them starring Kidman as well—she can also be found in The Undoing, Expats, Nine Perfect Strangers, and The Perfect Couple—have varied in quality.
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of varied
Verb
  • This stubbornness could cost Republicans another seat, as the Cook Political Report has shifted the race to a toss-up over the scandal.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The company has increasingly shifted toward defense manufacturing, using robotic 3D printing to produce drone hulls and full-scale boat structures, reports Defence Blog.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of shifted

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