mutating

verb

present participle of mutate
as in changing
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 mutating Meanwhile, Spider-Man is struggling with his mutating powers — and the fact that his girlfriend MJ (Zendaya) and best friend Ned (Jacob Batalon) are making memories at MIT with zero recollection of their former pal. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Aug. 2026 Diversity and reinvention Just as American culture is continuously mutating, American music is constantly being reinvented. — Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 Every texture is an independent agent with its own membrane in the mix; percussion rubs and scrapes against your attention, while mutating synth patches burble in the periphery. — H.d. Angel, Pitchfork, 16 June 2026 Things reportedly spiral after a strange signal hidden beneath the city’s subway tunnels begins mutating the station’s broadcasts — and possibly its listeners. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 14 May 2026 There are so many things that are mutating. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 May 2026 The unlikely pair of characters must fend off hostile robots and mutating creatures in a quest to return to planet Earth. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 10 May 2026 The precautions are necessary, says Colleen Jonsson, a virologist at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, because of the possibility of the virus mutating to become more virulent. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 6 May 2026 Not just as a video game adaptation, but as a snapshot of cinema mutating in real time. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutating
  1. changing
  2. varying
  3. shifting
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  • The Goodyear House’s changing menu keeps items exciting, but its Goopy Burger is a tried-and-true favorite.
    — Laura Horne July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
  • Billionaires buying up South Florida real estate, corporate expansions and a widening gulf between luxury and everyday home prices are changing Miami-Dade’s economic landscape.
    — Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Definition of changing
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  • Effective communication accounts for these varying perspectives during the planning process rather than reacting to them afterward.
    — Tavares Beverly, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • In 2022, researchers published a study examining the behaviors of StarCraft players of varying skill levels completing tasks of varying difficulty in the game.
    — Nnamdi Iregbulem, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Definition of varying
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  • Plants and animals keenly sense the diminishing light, which acts as a master biological clock that triggers changes such as migration, shifting hormone levels and winter coat growth.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The competitive edge is shifting from raw model intelligence to efficient operations, specialized data, and infrastructure control.
    — Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of shifting

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