variants
or moveable
as in portable
capable of being moved especially with ease
any furniture that is not movable will be covered with protective cloths by the painters
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Recent Examples of movable
And that pick being moveable would make it so the Pacers would have four first-round picks that could be moved in deals.
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Tony East, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Truly domesticating bees required a hive with movable frames, one that would allow beekeepers to examine their bees and harvest honey without destroying the colony.
—Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
High accuracy The team moved away from the painstaking process of manufacturing chips one by one, adopting a method more akin to movable-type printing.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
That could be a problem for a device with a movable hinge.
—ArsTechnica, 14 May 2026
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Tony East, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Truly domesticating bees required a hive with movable frames, one that would allow beekeepers to examine their bees and harvest honey without destroying the colony.
—Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
High accuracy The team moved away from the painstaking process of manufacturing chips one by one, adopting a method more akin to movable-type printing.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
That could be a problem for a device with a movable hinge.
—ArsTechnica, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for movable
Adjective
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Best known for disrupting floorcare, the company has increasingly moved into products designed around comfort and convenience, and its FlexBreeze portable fan feels almost made for Cannes.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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This highly portable 2-inch mattress weighs only 14 ounces and packs down to the size of a water bottle.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
Adjective
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It’s designed with a square neckline, adjustable spaghetti straps, convenient side pockets, and a breezy silhouette that won’t cling to you in the sticky heat.—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
20 June 2026
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This one’s made with a blend of recycled materials and spandex, which reviewers say is thick and comfortably smoothing, and features adjustable criss-cross back straps and a shelf bra.—
Olivia Cigliano,
InStyle,
20 June 2026
Adjective
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On the walls were art works by Kerry James Marshall, Rashid Johnson, and Ellen Gallagher, and books shelved in colorful modular storage units.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
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Under this contract, the developer will deploy BWRX-300 small modular reactors, designating the Ohio installation as one of the earliest commercial small modular reactor initiatives in the United States.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
21 June 2026
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“Movable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/movable. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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