variants
or moveable
as in portable
capable of being moved especially with ease
any furniture that is not movable will be covered with protective cloths by the painters
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Recent Examples of movable
In the 1450s, Johannes Gutenberg created about 180 copies of the Bible using movable type.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
At first glance, the objects resemble dolls or even more advanced action figures with movable parts.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2025
Stuck outside on a movable cleaning platform hundreds of feet in the air, Joey is the only person close enough to the situation to intervene.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
Addressed an issue where players could pass through movable objects while sprinting inside kofuns.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
At first glance, the objects resemble dolls or even more advanced action figures with movable parts.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2025
Stuck outside on a movable cleaning platform hundreds of feet in the air, Joey is the only person close enough to the situation to intervene.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
Addressed an issue where players could pass through movable objects while sprinting inside kofuns.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for movable
portable
Adjective
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And context matters, like being moved out of bespoke training facilities and into portable cabins to accommodate the men’s senior team during last summer’s pre-season training.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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So the team at CERN built a two-meter-long portable containment device.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 2025
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“Movable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/movable. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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