as in exchangeable
capable of being substituted in place of one another
since fruits and vegetables are regarded as fungible in this diet, you are allowed a total of five servings of either or both
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Wine isn’t fungible, or interchangeable, in the same way that steel, or commodities like wheat or milk might be, Skurnik explains.
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Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appétit, 21 Jan. 2025
For the leaders of today’s cultural industries, films, TV series, albums, even books seem to be no more than widgets on an algorithmic assembly line, as fungible as yards of textile or gauges of steel.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
This near-money is as good as cash and almost as fungible, that pays interest and everyone is happy to hold it instead of cash because cash pays less.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Today though, smart criminals rob banks for identity, which is much more valuable (and not at all fungible).
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appétit, 21 Jan. 2025
For the leaders of today’s cultural industries, films, TV series, albums, even books seem to be no more than widgets on an algorithmic assembly line, as fungible as yards of textile or gauges of steel.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
This near-money is as good as cash and almost as fungible, that pays interest and everyone is happy to hold it instead of cash because cash pays less.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Today though, smart criminals rob banks for identity, which is much more valuable (and not at all fungible).
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Fungible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fungible. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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