Meaning & use
mutable
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Liable or subject to change or alteration.
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Historians remind us that national borders are far more mutable than most people assume.
Her opinion on the matter proved mutable once she heard the new evidence.
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Often contrasted with 'immutable' (unchangeable); common in discussions of law, identity, and philosophy.
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