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
My favorite bits with him are his office decorations, frankly—the rabbit/duck optical illusion statue, showing his mutable nature, and the iceberg poster, hinting at hidden depths.
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Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2025
Unlike centralized clouds, where data shards are mutable, decentralized nodes make shards immutable and cryptographically secured, preventing unauthorized reconstruction.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
The director’s observation of the mutable contracts between sisters, and even more so, fathers and daughters, is intensely affecting in a movie freighted with melancholy but also leavened by surprising notes of humor.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
Taken together, these new polices would create a more mutable type of citizenship, no longer rooted in birthplace, or in the arduous and lengthy task of proving one’s worth.
—Patricia Lopez, Mercury News, 14 May 2025
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Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2025
Unlike centralized clouds, where data shards are mutable, decentralized nodes make shards immutable and cryptographically secured, preventing unauthorized reconstruction.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
The director’s observation of the mutable contracts between sisters, and even more so, fathers and daughters, is intensely affecting in a movie freighted with melancholy but also leavened by surprising notes of humor.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
Taken together, these new polices would create a more mutable type of citizenship, no longer rooted in birthplace, or in the arduous and lengthy task of proving one’s worth.
—Patricia Lopez, Mercury News, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutable
Adjective
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Not too happy about the volatile nature of PLTR stock?—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Broadening market As the S & P 500 and Nasdaq hit fresh records again on Wednesday, there is a simultaneous broadening and a move into more volatile parts of the market by investors.—
Frank Holland,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The best time for aurora spotting is 2 am, when the sky is likely to be the darkest, but since the arrival of the solar storm is unpredictable, it's recommended to look throughout the night for the event.—
Staff Author,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Aug. 2025
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Renewables may be homegrown, but their output is inherently unpredictable.—
Andrew Saunders,
Fortune,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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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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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
Adjective
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True Black 500 performance level, too, while its inputs support variable refresh rates in both the NVIDIA G-SYNC and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro systems.—
John Archer,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Some countries would be members of multiple coalitions with varied purposes, and coalitions would likely have overlapping memberships and variable geometry.—
Michael B. G. Froman,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Mutable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutable. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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