as in exchangeable
capable of being substituted in place of one another for our purposes, the quart and the liter are close enough to be substitutable for one another

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Recent Examples of substitutable Miller described this as a selective abundance approach, where people with means will spend abundantly on things that have special worth and save abundantly, i.e. trade down, in purchases that are substitutable or replaceable. Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025 The Future of Work Report 2025 of the World Economic Forum underscores that roles least substitutable by AI — teachers, mentors, coaches — will grow in importance, shifting societal appreciation towards human-centric skills. Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025 As long as China is tightly bound to the United States and Europe through the trade of high-value goods that are not easily substitutable, the West will be far more effective in deterring the country from taking destabilizing actions. Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2024 Every good is substitutable for every other good on some margin. Dominic Pino, National Review, 25 July 2023 Anyway, a lot to chew on there, but the larger cloud has always been the question of whether AI can produce substitutable creative works wholesale. Vulture, 24 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for substitutable
interchangeable
Adjective
  • But many patients and their doctors say the treatments aren’t medically interchangeable.
    Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The interchangeable bands are available in orange, blue, beige, green, and brown, while the buckle is available in Greige Sand, Night Black, and Brown Copper.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Substitutable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/substitutable. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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