as in volatile
likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly
a politician with very mutable positions on all the issues
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Recent Examples of mutable
As Pokémon evolve between various forms, so Mary proves mutable.
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Lamorna Ash, The Dial, 6 May 2025
Jake Gyllenhaal plays Iago the adversary to Othello, and wears a more mutable palette for the play what were your choices behind that?
—Aleah Wright, Essence, 23 Apr. 2025
The name also seems like an acknowledgment that Minecraft is too mutable an experience to really have a definitive cinematic version.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
Many Geminis can attest to these concerns because the mutable sign takes on the energy of everyone around them.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Lamorna Ash, The Dial, 6 May 2025
Jake Gyllenhaal plays Iago the adversary to Othello, and wears a more mutable palette for the play what were your choices behind that?
—Aleah Wright, Essence, 23 Apr. 2025
The name also seems like an acknowledgment that Minecraft is too mutable an experience to really have a definitive cinematic version.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
Many Geminis can attest to these concerns because the mutable sign takes on the energy of everyone around them.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutable
Adjective
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Other big miners, including archrivals BHP, Anglo American and Glencore, have steered clear of lithium, am important metal in batteries, but one which is also abundantly available puts suffers from extremely volatile pricing.—
Tim Treadgold,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Unlike volatile digital assets like bitcoin, the value of stablecoins is tied to a real-world asset like fiat currencies or commodities like gold.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Trump’s aggressive and unpredictable policies — including massive import taxes — have clouded the outlook for the economy as well as the job market and raised fears that the American economy is headed toward recession.—
Matt Ott,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
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Smaller airlines are reportedly being hurt worst by unpredictable travel times.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2025
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Hers is the kind of face that inspires directors to tight framing — gleaming, as if smoothed from marble, and yet somehow pliant, changeful.—
Jordan Kisner Jack Davison,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2022
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Rigorous, blustery winter; winding sleety spring; hot, moist enervating summer; changeful autumn with its dog-days; these are absolutely unknown.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Jan. 2023
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The use of flow, variable rhythms, and the subversion of rhyme and poetic form align with the documentary-like execution in underground cinema.—
Ali Farahmand,
IndieWire,
23 May 2025
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This includes a base dividend, an allocation of $500 million to pay down debt, plans to utilize additional free cash flow for variable dividends, and further balance sheet strengthening.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
22 May 2025
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“Mutable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutable. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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