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
The system supports interchangeable components and exposes low-level interfaces for secondary development, enabling researchers to customize control, perception, and task execution.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 1 May 2026
Swapping Ingredients That Aren’t Swappable Not all ingredients are interchangeable.
—Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 28 Apr. 2026
Osmon notes that critics called the music working-class rock before heartland rock came into vogue; the terms are sometimes treated as interchangeable, but heartland rock is in much wider use.
—Jack Hamilton, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Patients in psychiatric and psychological care — especially those with serious mental illness, trauma histories, addiction, or significant psychosocial instability — are not interchangeable accounts.
—Sarah Cady, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 1 May 2026
Swapping Ingredients That Aren’t Swappable Not all ingredients are interchangeable.
—Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 28 Apr. 2026
Osmon notes that critics called the music working-class rock before heartland rock came into vogue; the terms are sometimes treated as interchangeable, but heartland rock is in much wider use.
—Jack Hamilton, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Patients in psychiatric and psychological care — especially those with serious mental illness, trauma histories, addiction, or significant psychosocial instability — are not interchangeable accounts.
—Sarah Cady, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interchangeable
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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“Interchangeable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interchangeable. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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