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
Cooper, Sarratt and Becker are pretty interchangeable; all three can play every receiver spot in the offense, and all three are great vertically.
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Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Historically, experimenting with tech on Air Jordans has had mixed results — anyone who remembers the interchangeable cushioning units of the Air Jordan 22 or the swappable sockliners of the Air Jordan 27 can attest to as much.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 16 Jan. 2026
In Elizabethan England, we are told, the names Hamnet and Hamlet were interchangeable.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 15 Jan. 2026
Smith launched their original Slider sunglasses in 1995, leaning into the nineties silhouette and beefing it up with the first patented dual-lens interchangeable system.
—Lily Ritter, Outside, 14 Jan. 2026
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Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Historically, experimenting with tech on Air Jordans has had mixed results — anyone who remembers the interchangeable cushioning units of the Air Jordan 22 or the swappable sockliners of the Air Jordan 27 can attest to as much.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 16 Jan. 2026
In Elizabethan England, we are told, the names Hamnet and Hamlet were interchangeable.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 15 Jan. 2026
Smith launched their original Slider sunglasses in 1995, leaning into the nineties silhouette and beefing it up with the first patented dual-lens interchangeable system.
—Lily Ritter, Outside, 14 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for interchangeable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interchangeable
Adjective
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These options include simply selling their position through open-market sales, an exchange offer or a mandatory exchangeable bond, with proceeds potentially funding a large share buyback, which would be highly accretive to Fluor's EPS, especially at its currently depressed valuation.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
25 Oct. 2025
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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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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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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
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“Interchangeable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interchangeable. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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