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
Their watery and mutable nature gives them the rare ability to transcend and grow.
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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
Sagittarius is a fire and mutable sign known for its positivity and philosophical sentiments.
—Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025
Non-linear conversational branching is just one more feature to remind you that an AI chatbot's simulated perspective is mutable, changeable, and highly guided by your own inputs in addition to the training data that forged its underlying neural network.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
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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
Sagittarius is a fire and mutable sign known for its positivity and philosophical sentiments.
—Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025
Non-linear conversational branching is just one more feature to remind you that an AI chatbot's simulated perspective is mutable, changeable, and highly guided by your own inputs in addition to the training data that forged its underlying neural network.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutable
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Quick recovery after extinction Interestingly, the fossil identification suggests that even in the immediate, volatile aftermath of a global catastrophe, these creatures were not isolated.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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Flying is the company’s second Nova-C lander named Athena featuring NASA’s PRIME-1 drill, to land a drill and mass spectrometer near the south pole of the moon in order to demonstrate the feasibility of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) and measure the volatile content of subsurface samples.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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With unpredictable weather on the horizon, the barn jacket is a happy medium between light jackets and heavy coats.—
India Roby,
Glamour,
24 Feb. 2026
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If your income is unpredictable or already stretched thin, that commitment could create more stress instead of less.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 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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The second recall includes 318,781 Rogues, model years 2024-2025, that have the same type of variable-compression turbo engine.—
Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Invest in a variable-speed HVAC.—
Jessica Elliott,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Mutable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutable. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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