as in exchangeable
capable of being substituted in place of one another
since fruits and vegetables are regarded as fungible in this diet, you are allowed a total of five servings of either or both
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Recent Examples of fungible
Netflix’s recent political thrillers have been rendered largely fungible by the streamer’s compact release schedule.
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2025
As of today, the Bitcoin network records an average of 117,000 fungible (BTC-20) and 5,000 non-fungible (NFT) Ordinals transactions daily, according to Dune Analytics.
—Marie Poteriaieva, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
To get that for two fungible players and a second-round pick was good work.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Money is fungible so that the increase for food stamps could allow recipients to divert free cash to other ventures, far outside the program—vacations, sporting events, or anything.
—Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2025
As of today, the Bitcoin network records an average of 117,000 fungible (BTC-20) and 5,000 non-fungible (NFT) Ordinals transactions daily, according to Dune Analytics.
—Marie Poteriaieva, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
To get that for two fungible players and a second-round pick was good work.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Money is fungible so that the increase for food stamps could allow recipients to divert free cash to other ventures, far outside the program—vacations, sporting events, or anything.
—Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fungible
Adjective
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Miller described this as a selective abundance approach, where people with means will spend abundantly on things that have special worth and save abundantly, i.e. trade down, in purchases that are substitutable or replaceable.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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The Future of Work Report 2025 of the World Economic Forum underscores that roles least substitutable by AI — teachers, mentors, coaches — will grow in importance, shifting societal appreciation towards human-centric skills.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The motherboard is quite a bit smaller than the Framework Laptop 13 board, and the two are definitely not interchangeable.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 June 2025
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There’s no reason to assume that these two parameters are interchangeable.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
5 June 2025
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“Fungible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fungible. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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