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
Unlike stocks, which are fungible, and can be traded and settled on any number of brokerages, contracts in prediction markets are proprietary, effectively creating a proverbial moat and locking users into the marketplace the markets were created on.
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Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Some, like one called TON 618, appear to be a bit bigger, but there is a lot of uncertainty in that number, and the lower limit is probably a little fungible as well.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2025
LLMs will be the new electrons — crucial but mostly fungible.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2025
The superheroic team and Lex’s cabal fight one another amid catastrophes in which fungible people are served up as collateral damage without ever getting individual voices.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
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Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Some, like one called TON 618, appear to be a bit bigger, but there is a lot of uncertainty in that number, and the lower limit is probably a little fungible as well.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2025
LLMs will be the new electrons — crucial but mostly fungible.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2025
The superheroic team and Lex’s cabal fight one another amid catastrophes in which fungible people are served up as collateral damage without ever getting individual voices.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fungible
Adjective
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Miller described this as a selective abundance approach, where people with means will spend abundantly on things that have special worth and save abundantly, i.e. trade down, in purchases that are substitutable or replaceable.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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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
Adjective
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However, there is a frequent misconception that coaching and mentoring are interchangeable.—
Amy Bjarnason,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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These are a good choice for families because each gets their own interchangeable tip.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Fungible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fungible. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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