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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Markets were volatile on Monday and ultimately closed lower as traders failed to find solid footing ahead of this week’s news.Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Consumers in economies with volatile currencies are particularly interested in these new payment methods.Chris Morris, Fortune Asia, 5 Nov. 2024
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But Bird belongs to Bailey, and to first-timer Adams, who does a winning job of being unpredictable herself, even if the film would be better off delving deeper into one of the relationships in her life rather than dipping into all of them in turn.Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Combined with worries over increasing predator numbers and unpredictable winters, these circumstances had led managers to cut moose tags by more than 50 percent, the study’s authors explain.Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 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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The water-and-protection unit’s profitability was aided by productivity and savings from restructuring actions, which more than offset a decline in organic revenue and higher variable compensation.Zev Fima, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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As a result, the computer will know exactly how far the key is being pressed down and can provide variable inputs based on this information.Henri Robbins, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Mutable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutable. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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