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 Lynch’s films are often graphic in their depictions of violence and degradation, even as their characters and plots can be enigmatic and mutable. —
Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025 Their watery and mutable nature gives them the rare ability to transcend and grow. —Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025 The film’s stylized, childlike drawings not only reflect Giuseppe’s highly mutable nature, but also his innocence and naiveté as well. —Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 7 Nov. 2025 This is just another shift in a career full of transformations—in sound, look—that have marked MGK, formerly Machine Gun Kelly, as a dramatically mutable star, and invited charges of inauthenticity. —Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mutable
Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025 Their watery and mutable nature gives them the rare ability to transcend and grow. —Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025 The film’s stylized, childlike drawings not only reflect Giuseppe’s highly mutable nature, but also his innocence and naiveté as well. —Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 7 Nov. 2025 This is just another shift in a career full of transformations—in sound, look—that have marked MGK, formerly Machine Gun Kelly, as a dramatically mutable star, and invited charges of inauthenticity. —Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mutable
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Flying is the company’s second Nova-C lander named Athena featuring NASA’s PRIME-1 drill, to land a drill and mass spectrometer near the south pole of the moon in order to demonstrate the feasibility of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) and measure the volatile content of subsurface samples.— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
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The story centers on a young couple (Charles Melton and Cailee Spaeny) whose lives become entangled with their volatile boss and his wife (Isaac and Carey Mulligan) after witnessing a disturbing incident at an elite country club.— Clayton Davis, Variety, 19 Apr. 2026
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His practice hinges on improvisation, resulting in blunt, expressive, and unpredictable work.— Maxie Younger, Pitchfork, 21 Apr. 2026
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Baby Reindeer was hardly a laugh riot, but mortifying humor is still humor and, with episodic running times in the 30-minute range, the show had a charging, unpredictable momentum.— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 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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Expect variable clouds for the rest of Monday with an additional sprinkle or light shower.— Steven Sosna, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Redwood Materials will handle system integration and energy management, positioning the setup as a flexible storage solution for manufacturing sites with high and variable electricity demand.— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026
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