mutable

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Influenza is highly mutable and prone to dramatic genetic shifts, challenging any prediction of which viral subtype could emerge as a future pandemic.

From Scientific American

Cyrus turns her divorce into a showcase for her mutable identity and powerhouse voice on ‘Endless Summer Vacation,’ led by the smash empowerment jam ‘Flowers.’

From Los Angeles Times

Limestone, marble and alabaster are among the most solid materials employed by artists, yet Deborah Reichmann sees them as endlessly mutable.

From Washington Post

“I once did love,” Orlando says wistfully, and the play leaves us hopeful that this mutable, mesmerizing character will find his, or her, or their, own way to do that again.

From New York Times

One source of change is its highly mutable RNA genome, allowing “drifts” during each round of viral replication.

From Science Magazine