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
Tyler, the Creator proved there’s nothing wrong with treating one’s art as a living, breathing, mutable thing that never needs to be set in stone or encased forever in wax, especially as the artist grows, changes, and improves as a human.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024
Gemini energy is mutable and fluid, always transcending and evolving.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 6 June 2024
Since Gemini is the only sign of the zodiac with a perpetual life partner in the sky (also known as their twin), the mutable air sign is extremely relationship-oriented.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 27 May 2024
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.
—Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 12 July 2024
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024
Gemini energy is mutable and fluid, always transcending and evolving.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 6 June 2024
Since Gemini is the only sign of the zodiac with a perpetual life partner in the sky (also known as their twin), the mutable air sign is extremely relationship-oriented.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 27 May 2024
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.
—Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 12 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutable
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Dado Ruvic | Reuters Inflation worries, tariffs under the Trump administration and earnings season could continue to keep the stock market volatile and rattle investor sentiment.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2025
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With Earth's weather being altered in dangerous ways, the U.S. government turns to Cody to uncover the truth behind these volatile natural disasters.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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With its surprising best picture win at the Critics Choice Awards — its only prize of the night — the $6 million dramedy, which claimed the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, has solidified itself as a major contender in an unpredictable awards season.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
9 Feb. 2025
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But here’s what the L.A. fires have taught us: No plan survives its first encounter with an unpredictable reality.—
Josh Klein,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2025
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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 company also noted a decrease in cost of sales, attributed to lower variable input costs and favorable currency translation impacts.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
13 Feb. 2025
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Adobe incorporates features like enhanced digital publishing and file export capabilities, SVG (scalable vector graphic) imports, and variable fonts, as well as accommodates ever-evolving technical, professional, and social design trends.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Mutable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutable. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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