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
The amounts of money that schools put into their athletics programs, which again, like Matt said, money is fungible.
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
Walz said most of the state’s money is not fungible and has been appropriated for other purposes.
—Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 27 Oct. 2025
Unlike stocks, which are fungible, and can be traded and settled on any number of brokerages, contracts in prediction markets are proprietary, effectively creating a proverbial moat and locking users into the marketplace the markets were created on.
—Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
LLMs will be the new electrons — crucial but mostly fungible.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
Walz said most of the state’s money is not fungible and has been appropriated for other purposes.
—Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 27 Oct. 2025
Unlike stocks, which are fungible, and can be traded and settled on any number of brokerages, contracts in prediction markets are proprietary, effectively creating a proverbial moat and locking users into the marketplace the markets were created on.
—Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
LLMs will be the new electrons — crucial but mostly fungible.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fungible
Adjective
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Vouchers will be exchangeable for a laundry card preloaded with $8 in credit, which will cover two wash cycles at any temperature and three 10-minute drying cycles.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
24 Feb. 2026
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Also like metrics, these goals are simple, exchangeable, and mostly easy to communicate.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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One is air, another is water, those are not easily substitutable.—
Zulekha Nathoo,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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The article by Trammell and Patel has already received some pushback online, largely on the ground that its assumption that capital is perfectly substitutable for labor is unrealistic.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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The terms cathedral and basilica can sound interchangeable—both conjure images of grand, historic churches.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
11 May 2026
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With interchangeable feet and a suite of connectors—including a camera mount, a V-mount ballhead, and a light connector—the Rocket transitions seamlessly between camera support and lighting duty.—
Robb Rice,
Robb Report,
10 May 2026
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“Fungible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fungible. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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