mutable
adjective
mu·ta·ble
ˈmyü-tə-bəl 
1
: prone to change : inconstant
mutable opinions
2
a
: capable of change or of being changed
mutable laws
b
: capable of or liable to mutation
mutable vowels
a mutable gene
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Examples of mutable in a Sentence
the government's mutable economic policies
a politician with very mutable positions on all the issues
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Zodiac signs are put into three categories that define them: cardinal, fixed or mutable.
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Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
Unlike other action stars, Reeves’s masculinity is fluid, mutable.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2024
Plato was thus responsible for liberalism in the broadest sense: the notion that transcendent, eternal norms gave meaning to the mutable realm of human affairs.
—Gregory Fried, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2014
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Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
Unlike other action stars, Reeves’s masculinity is fluid, mutable.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2024
Plato was thus responsible for liberalism in the broadest sense: the notion that transcendent, eternal norms gave meaning to the mutable realm of human affairs.
—Gregory Fried, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2014
Shaken by the tension between her upbringing as a reverend’s daughter, and her increasing encounters with the supernatural, Garcia articulates these intuitive spells through mutable sonic contours, featuring the psych-rock touches of Chicano Batman members Carlos Arévalo and Eduardo Arenas.
—Suzy Exposito, SPIN, 6 June 2024
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mutable
adjective
mu·ta·ble
ˈmyüt-ə-bəl
1
: likely to change often : inconstant
2
a
: capable of change
b
: able or likely to mutate
Medical Definition
mutable
adjective
mu·ta·ble
ˈmyüt-ə-bəl
1
: capable of change or of being changed in form, quality, or nature
2
: capable of or liable to mutation
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