mutable
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It suspends us in that mutable realm, placing us—restlessly, almost hypnotically—in the ever-moving present.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Still, “It showed that those sites are mutable in these viruses,” says Tom Peacock, an influenza virologist at the Pirbright Institute.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 5, 2024
But when you take a step backwards and you look at the gameplay, a station wagon is mutable.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024
For decades, researchers considered mouse songs instinctual, the fixed tunes of a windup music box, rather than the mutable expressions of individual minds.
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2023
Only the waters are ours; and how may one build on something so mutable?
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Power Suffix: -able
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