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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Recent Examples of fungible
To get that for two fungible players and a second-round pick was good work.
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John Hollinger, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Money is fungible so that the increase for food stamps could allow recipients to divert free cash to other ventures, far outside the program—vacations, sporting events, or anything.
—Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Wine isn’t fungible, or interchangeable, in the same way that steel, or commodities like wheat or milk might be, Skurnik explains.
—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
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John Hollinger, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Money is fungible so that the increase for food stamps could allow recipients to divert free cash to other ventures, far outside the program—vacations, sporting events, or anything.
—Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Wine isn’t fungible, or interchangeable, in the same way that steel, or commodities like wheat or milk might be, Skurnik explains.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fungible
Adjective
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The Future of Work Report 2025 of the World Economic Forum underscores that roles least substitutable by AI — teachers, mentors, coaches — will grow in importance, shifting societal appreciation towards human-centric skills.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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As long as China is tightly bound to the United States and Europe through the trade of high-value goods that are not easily substitutable, the West will be far more effective in deterring the country from taking destabilizing actions.—
Zongyuan Zoe Liu,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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Factories are not interchangeable warehouses that pump out the same generic products and ship them to different brands.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2025
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Part of the plot relies on how interchangeable these Wall Street types are.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Fungible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fungible. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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