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
As Pokémon evolve between various forms, so Mary proves mutable.
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Lamorna Ash, The Dial, 6 May 2025
Jake Gyllenhaal plays Iago the adversary to Othello, and wears a more mutable palette for the play what were your choices behind that?
—Aleah Wright, Essence, 23 Apr. 2025
The name also seems like an acknowledgment that Minecraft is too mutable an experience to really have a definitive cinematic version.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
Many Geminis can attest to these concerns because the mutable sign takes on the energy of everyone around them.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Lamorna Ash, The Dial, 6 May 2025
Jake Gyllenhaal plays Iago the adversary to Othello, and wears a more mutable palette for the play what were your choices behind that?
—Aleah Wright, Essence, 23 Apr. 2025
The name also seems like an acknowledgment that Minecraft is too mutable an experience to really have a definitive cinematic version.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
Many Geminis can attest to these concerns because the mutable sign takes on the energy of everyone around them.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutable
Adjective
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But make no mistake: the situation remains extremely volatile.—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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His aunt and two cousins traded stories about how volatile Williams was to even his own mother and the mother of his child.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
15 June 2025
Adjective
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Each response is a surprise, tapping into the psychological principle of intermittent reinforcement, famously demonstrated by psychologist B.F. Skinner, where unpredictable rewards significantly amplify behaviors, much like gambling addiction.—
Curt Steinhorst,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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The Big Apple is full of complex, unpredictable scenarios for the Waymo Driver software to handle: Jaywalking pedestrians, trucks parked in the street, complex intersections, heavy rains, and harsh winter weather, to name a few.—
Emily Forlini,
PC Magazine,
19 June 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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The variable readership of advice columns made a clear identity undesirable in an adviser.—
Merve Emre,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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The supply chain experiences multiple friction points because of procurement lead times, variable demand, multi-stage assembly and quality testing.—
Dileep Rai,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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“Mutable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutable. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.
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