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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mutate.

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Examples

  • "But she said there is nothing that can be done once someone's alias mutates into a new identity on an official booking identification."

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local Pilgrim1620 2010

  • The H5N1 virus has so far killed 166 people worldwide, but this figure could rise dramatically if the virus "mutates" say experts.

    Bird flu virus could mutate in unexpected ways 2007

  • The H5N1 virus has so far killed 166 people worldwide, but this figure could rise dramatically if the virus "mutates" say experts.

    Archive 2007-02-01 2007

  • That framework automates a process that "mutates" applications so they can be optimized for low-end and newer, more powerful classes of set-top boxes, all from the same creation process.

    Light Reading: 2010

  • The influenza virus "mutates" (as all genomes do, this isn't really debated; influenza virus strains just at a far more rapid rate than, say, human genomes).

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • " The diner then breaks it open, and the soup " mutates " from a dark, translucent broth into a rich, nutty cream soup.

    Catalonia J. S. Marcus 2010

  • All I needed was a ready supply of computer number crunching power to explore the way that the virus breeds and mutates inside the body.

    SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011

  • If they cannot get this flu right then we should be worried about how they react to bird flu when it mutates in the future.

    Why have we lost control of Swine Flue when Britain is supposed to be "the best prepared country in the world" Norfolk Blogger 2009

  • We just have to pray this shower are not still in charge when bird flu mutates to a human form.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Norfolk Blogger 2009

  • We observed how slowly, almost imperceptibly, a population of Generous Tit for Tat mutates and drifts toward more and more lenient strategies.

    SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011

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