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 Education remains one of the category’s biggest hurdles, since many shoppers still view honey as interchangeable. Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025 In parts of the Northeast and in Canada, apples and McIntosh were more or less interchangeable, like soda and Coke or beer and Budweiser. Mark Dent, HubSpot, 12 Sep. 2025 Compatible with the Action series action cameras, batteries are interchangeable. New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025 But many patients and their doctors say the treatments aren’t medically interchangeable. Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for interchangeable
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Adjective
  • Hertz Global Holdings — The car rental company's subsidiary, The Hertz Corporation, has agreed to sell $375 million in exchangeable senior notes, due in 2030.
    Michelle Fox, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Cash equivalent includes tips paid by checks, credit cards, debit cards, gift cards, and tangible or intangible tokens readily exchangeable for cash or cash equivalent.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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  • Miller described this as a selective abundance approach, where people with means will spend abundantly on things that have special worth and save abundantly, i.e. trade down, in purchases that are substitutable or replaceable.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
  • 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

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“Interchangeable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interchangeable. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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