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
Yes, oil is fungible, and yes, Americans are already feeling the result of the shutoff of oil flows from the Persian Gulf.
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Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2026
The distinctions on these rosters are more than a bit fungible.
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Greg Beacham,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
On the flip side, five teams are in the luxury tax by small amounts and could get all the way out by dumping fungible players this week, while nine others can cut their tax bill considerably with minor trades.
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John Hollinger,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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
See All Example Sentences for fungible
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2026
The distinctions on these rosters are more than a bit fungible.
—
Greg Beacham,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
On the flip side, five teams are in the luxury tax by small amounts and could get all the way out by dumping fungible players this week, while nine others can cut their tax bill considerably with minor trades.
—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
The amounts of money that schools put into their athletics programs, which again, like Matt said, money is fungible.
—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fungible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fungible
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One tax expert told CNBC the company could explore more tax-efficient structures, including exchangeable debt or a split-off, but none are as clean as simply selling shares and using the proceeds.
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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.
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The pattern is not specific to restaurants—any company that prices frequently against substitutable options faces the same dynamic.
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One is air, another is water, those are not easily substitutable.
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The three things work owes a person were never interchangeable.
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This vegetable chopper speeds up meal prep with six interchangeable stainless steel blades for slicing, dicing, julienning, and grating.
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“Fungible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fungible. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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