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
You were born with your rising sign in Gemini, a mutable air sign that craves the freedom to explore and the curiosity to keep their options open.
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Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 12 July 2024
The central character in Twisters is Kate Carter (Daisy Edgar-Jones), a physics whiz with an intuitive feel for the mutable power of tornadoes.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2024
In other words, your substance is dependent on your surroundings and on your place in a time line, and is therefore mutable.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 5 July 2024
Though no one will be spared from the effects of Neptune retrograde, mutable signs — Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces — will feel the charge a bit more.
—Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 29 June 2024
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Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 12 July 2024
The central character in Twisters is Kate Carter (Daisy Edgar-Jones), a physics whiz with an intuitive feel for the mutable power of tornadoes.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2024
In other words, your substance is dependent on your surroundings and on your place in a time line, and is therefore mutable.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 5 July 2024
Though no one will be spared from the effects of Neptune retrograde, mutable signs — Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces — will feel the charge a bit more.
—Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 29 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutable
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The Declare label — which comes on 20 of Moore & Giles’ collections — also outlines life expectancy and end-life options for the leather, as well as origin and volatile organic compounds (VOC) off-gassing.Jennifer Bringle, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
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Egg prices, which have been volatile for more than two years, in part because of outbreaks of bird flu, soared 8.2% just last month.COMPILED BYDEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFFFROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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However, logistical challenges, such as unpredictable weather, play a role in these considerations.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Lofoten mountain biking trails Though known for unpredictable weather year-round, the islands are driest May through August and get drenched in October.Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
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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
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Research has proven that the variable rewards and unpredictable payouts in gambling foster addiction by triggering dopamine surges.Brian Curcio, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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The 36-year-old sits in a session explaining the rules of each event — variable weight, monofin, bi-fin free immersion and the most treacherous, no-fins — his eyes shining, his enthusiasm tugging sweetly.Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Mutable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutable. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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