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 Coca-Cola sells its concentrate to bottlers, who mix it with water and package it on production lines that are interchangeable. Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN, 2 Mar. 2025 While some toners and essences can be interchangeable (hi, marketing teams!), for the most part, essences are focused on boosting hydration. Sarah Han, Allure, 16 Feb. 2025 This fall’s reassuring and interchangeable colors also follow Pantone’s Fashion Color Trend report for spring, which favored neutral and grounded shades. Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 6 Feb. 2025 Aside from the motion-capture puppeteers sneezing or furrowing a brow in correspondence to their character's name, six of these dwarfs seem interchangeable — and all sound a little like Josh Gad, for some reason. Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for interchangeable
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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
  • As long as China is tightly bound to the United States and Europe through the trade of high-value goods that are not easily substitutable, the West will be far more effective in deterring the country from taking destabilizing actions.
    Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2024

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“Interchangeable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interchangeable. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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