as in volatile
likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly
a politician with very mutable positions on all the issues
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Recent Examples of mutable
Lynch’s films are often graphic in their depictions of violence and degradation, even as their characters and plots can be enigmatic and mutable.
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
Their watery and mutable nature gives them the rare ability to transcend and grow.
—Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
The film’s stylized, childlike drawings not only reflect Giuseppe’s highly mutable nature, but also his innocence and naiveté as well.
—Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 7 Nov. 2025
This is just another shift in a career full of transformations—in sound, look—that have marked MGK, formerly Machine Gun Kelly, as a dramatically mutable star, and invited charges of inauthenticity.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
Their watery and mutable nature gives them the rare ability to transcend and grow.
—Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
The film’s stylized, childlike drawings not only reflect Giuseppe’s highly mutable nature, but also his innocence and naiveté as well.
—Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 7 Nov. 2025
This is just another shift in a career full of transformations—in sound, look—that have marked MGK, formerly Machine Gun Kelly, as a dramatically mutable star, and invited charges of inauthenticity.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutable
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Ultraviolet light from its host star triggers the creation of sulfur dioxide in the upper atmosphere, and a massive sub-surface magma ocean acts as a buffer, storing and releasing volatile gases over billions of years.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Mar. 2026
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The volatile crude oil prices causing retail gasoline prices to swing up sharply have had the same effect on the price of jet fuel.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Waiting in this unpredictable climate, however, could risk paying more or potentially even being priced out of the market altogether.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Prices are subject to rapid, unpredictable changes due to factors like, but not limited to, supply/demand, weather, and geopolitical events.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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Rigorous, blustery winter; winding sleety spring; hot, moist enervating summer; changeful autumn with its dog-days; these are absolutely unknown.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Jan. 2023
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Hers is the kind of face that inspires directors to tight framing — gleaming, as if smoothed from marble, and yet somehow pliant, changeful.—
Jordan Kisner Jack Davison,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2022
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Calculating the exact interest earnings of either a high-yield savings or money market account will require some speculation as the account has a variable interest rate that will change over time, particularly over an extended period.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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And men can be aspirational or loose with the facts about their shoe size, because shoes themselves are so variable.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Mutable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutable. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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