Definition of interchangeablenext
as in exchangeable
capable of being substituted in place of one another the concept of interchangeable parts revolutionized the mass production of manufactured goods

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Recent Examples of interchangeable Those emotions aren’t interchangeable, even though they’ve all been crammed into the same word. Angela Haupt, Time, 11 Aug. 2026 Customers can buy a base frame and then customize their look with interchangeable top frames. ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026 That doesn’t mean every store-brand product is interchangeable with its brand-name counterpart, though. Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 2 Aug. 2026 Though their acting styles are different (or were, in the case of Paxton, who is no longer alive), under the Dylan McDermot/Dermot Mulroney principle, white movie guys from the ’90s are basically interchangeable. John Hodgman, New York Times, 31 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for interchangeable
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Adjective
  • 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.
    Ashley Capoot,CJ Haddad,Samantha Subin,Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 12 June 2026
  • 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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  • Its place has been taken by agents as the workload, inside a model system in which any single model is substitutable.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • One is air, another is water, those are not easily substitutable.
    Zulekha Nathoo, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026

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“Interchangeable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interchangeable. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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