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Adjective
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Made from a stretchy, breathable polyester and spandex blend that won’t restrict your movement or dig into your skin, the thick elastic waistband further contributes to the ease of these simple lounge pants.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Apr. 2025 -
Rather than consolidating around a single character type, Kilmer kept his brand elastic—able to stretch into action comedy, high fantasy, and stylized drama without breaking.—
Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Jackson County Public Health Director Bridgette Shaffer said public health infrastructure acts as the foundation of a healthy, resilient and thriving community.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2025
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EVs will strengthen our economy, protect our national security, and ensure a more resilient future for America.—
Jim Brock,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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With a pliant Congress, Trump is using his office to benefit his family’s business interests, former prosecutors and ethics lawyers say.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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For all the talk and research that has gone into exploiting graphene’s pliant properties for use in wearable and flexible electronics, most of the polymer composites it has been mixed with to date have been on the hard and inflexible side.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
14 Dec. 2016
Adjective
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Two ultra-limber actors — Hassiem Muhammad and Ryan Sellers — in garish body makeup (and dance shoes) merge limbs and psyches for an electric demonstration of poetry in motion.—
Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
26 Jan. 2023
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For thousands of years, people have turned to yoga to feel more limber, release stress and rejuvenate their overall physical and mental health.—
Forrest Brown,
CNN,
21 June 2022
Adjective
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These include widespread access to affordable childcare, generous parental leave shared between both parents, and flexible work arrangements.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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One reason for this is that estrogen helps keep blood vessels flexible and supports the production of nitric oxide, a molecule that allows vessels to relax and maintain healthy blood flow.—
Matthew Nudy,
The Conversation,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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There are quick and workable solutions the Illini community could adopt to ease the growing housing burden — especially for low-income students.—
Micky Horstman,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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Defenders will need to guard against more threats that are, at the same time, more targeted, reliable and workable at-scale.—
Jonathan Fischbein,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The web-like blue and gold dial is housed in a 40mm case made of tantalum, a very hard, ductile, lustrous, blue-gray transition metal that is highly corrosion-resistant.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Here, at least, the performers — who include Téa Leoni as Odell’s wife, the very funny Will Poulter as the Leopold son and Anthony Carrigan as a put-upon servant — have the kinds of ductile faces, rubber-band moves and vocal dexterity that can keep even sluggish material moving.—
Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This was an actor with a marvelous, pliable face, not necessarily movie-star handsome but made up of bits and pieces of star quality: the cleft chin, the ready smile, the slightly doughy nose that somehow made his face look comically regal.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
27 Feb. 2025
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Flint The cellulose also underpins a more versatile, pliable battery structure, allowing Flint to make batteries in different forms.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Flexile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flexile. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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