mutant
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The Welsh actor said he spent about half of his time on the set with the special effects make-up team, transforming into the mutant villain.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Arms out, fingers splayed, she takes a comic-book summoning pose familiar from decades of mutant movies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Peter Nowell, a pathologist, argued in 1976 that cancers arise from a single mutant cell and then evolve, as offspring acquire new mutations and compete for dominance—a prediction that single-cell sequencing has dramatically confirmed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
In some cases, mutant forms of MeCP2 are produced in smaller amounts or have reduced ability to bind DNA, which is essential for carrying out its role in controlling gene activity.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026
Mini turned even redder, now looking like a tomato’s mutant cousin.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
In 2024, Feige told Entertainment Weekly that “the whole story of ‘Secret Wars’ really leads us into a new age of mutants and of the X-Men.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Bosses waited to unleash their mutants, but now the shackles are off as the latest teaser confirms they're entering the MCU.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026
The surface is now home to scavengers, soldiers, mutants, and ghouls, all doing their best to survive on spoiled food, brackish water, and whatever’s left in long-abandoned vending machines.
From Salon ● May 12, 2025
He endorsed normal Senate candidates over lab-born mutants in swing-state primaries, and stopped feuding with old enemies in the name of party unity.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2024
All such mutants promptly sprouted and yielded harvested mutant seeds.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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