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
Sagittarius is a fire and mutable sign known for its positivity and philosophical sentiments.
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Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025
Non-linear conversational branching is just one more feature to remind you that an AI chatbot's simulated perspective is mutable, changeable, and highly guided by your own inputs in addition to the training data that forged its underlying neural network.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
In the early days, when sample size is small, rivalries are mutable, and the narratives shapeshift with every match.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
This is how Solitaire mostly remained until Windows started including ads between draws, some of them un-mutable and unskippable, which made the collection of games nearly unplayable in my eyes.
—Ariana Torrey, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
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Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025
Non-linear conversational branching is just one more feature to remind you that an AI chatbot's simulated perspective is mutable, changeable, and highly guided by your own inputs in addition to the training data that forged its underlying neural network.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
In the early days, when sample size is small, rivalries are mutable, and the narratives shapeshift with every match.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
This is how Solitaire mostly remained until Windows started including ads between draws, some of them un-mutable and unskippable, which made the collection of games nearly unplayable in my eyes.
—Ariana Torrey, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutable
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His Roc Nation entertainment company has partnered with the NFL to produce the Super Bowl Halftime Shows since 2019 and is responsible for the politically volatile but culturally momentous choice to bring Bad Bunny to the stage Sunday.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
8 Feb. 2026
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That also includes the lives of our officers when faced with armed juveniles in volatile situations.—
Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
7 Feb. 2026
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This delay has raised concerns about the safety of robots, drones, and autonomous vehicles operating in unpredictable environments.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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This is ideal for decades of sliding across the ice, because bigger mineral grains are more likely to get plucked out by the ice, leaving holes in the surface that could cause unpredictable behavior.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
10 Feb. 2026
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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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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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Additional Firefall Viewing Tips and Tricks Yosemite Valley typically experiences temperature highs in the 50s and lows just below freezing in February, but weather can be variable throughout the park.—
Mary Beth Skylis,
Outside,
7 Feb. 2026
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However, theatrical films follow a variable-revenue model that relies on high-margin per-ticket sales and box office performance for downstream revenue.—
Joseph M. Singer,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Mutable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutable. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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