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In surrendering to remoteness and distance—what can’t be seen or decided, whether because of memory’s pliancy or people’s opacity—the show birthed something new, or seemed to.
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Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
The leave-in Hair Dew brings pliancy to hair, and a good pick for thirsty strands is the What the Hemp deep moisture mask, which deeply moisturizes but feels light as air.
—Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2023
Yet throughout there is a constant, distinctive search for a simple, singing sense of expression, for a pliancy of line, for a sophistication and sensitivity that lay in more than technical precision.
—David Allen, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2022
The leave-in Hair Dew brings pliancy to hair, and a good pick for thirsty strands is the What the Hemp deep moisture mask, which deeply moisturizes but feels light as air.
—Charu Suri, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Mar. 2022
But on Wednesday night, those Mach-one speeds tended to shear off the symphony’s character — especially in the Andante, which had little of the movement’s familiar pliancy and lackadaisical levity.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2022
But theater artists, filmmakers and novelists, drawn to the interior richness of Chekhov’s dramas, have discovered not only the timeliness of his untimely work but also its aesthetic pliancy and openness.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022
But this pliancy likely will translate to a decent ride on the street.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 22 Mar. 2022
The design is ingenious: a mesh of stainless-steel rings smartly wrapped around a slab of soft silicone, providing the comfort and pliancy of a sponge without a sponge’s tendency to absorb grease and gunk.
—Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2022
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Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
The leave-in Hair Dew brings pliancy to hair, and a good pick for thirsty strands is the What the Hemp deep moisture mask, which deeply moisturizes but feels light as air.
—Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2023
Yet throughout there is a constant, distinctive search for a simple, singing sense of expression, for a pliancy of line, for a sophistication and sensitivity that lay in more than technical precision.
—David Allen, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2022
The leave-in Hair Dew brings pliancy to hair, and a good pick for thirsty strands is the What the Hemp deep moisture mask, which deeply moisturizes but feels light as air.
—Charu Suri, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Mar. 2022
But on Wednesday night, those Mach-one speeds tended to shear off the symphony’s character — especially in the Andante, which had little of the movement’s familiar pliancy and lackadaisical levity.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2022
But theater artists, filmmakers and novelists, drawn to the interior richness of Chekhov’s dramas, have discovered not only the timeliness of his untimely work but also its aesthetic pliancy and openness.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022
But this pliancy likely will translate to a decent ride on the street.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 22 Mar. 2022
The design is ingenious: a mesh of stainless-steel rings smartly wrapped around a slab of soft silicone, providing the comfort and pliancy of a sponge without a sponge’s tendency to absorb grease and gunk.
—Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2022
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First Known Use
1632, in the meaning defined above
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“Pliancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pliancy. Accessed 27 Mar. 2023.
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