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Recent Examples of bendable
The contoured temples are bendable, allowing the wearer to dial in the perfect fit, and the nose pads were designed to be comfortable during high-output workouts.
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Will Porter, Outside, 17 Oct. 2025
The comfy slip-ons have an arch-support footbed, but the shoe’s standout detail is its soft upper and lightweight, bendable design; these shoes are easy to pack and save on luggage space.
—Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
In Burnett’s younger years, her body was as gangly and bendable as a marionette.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
While organic thin-film transistors built on flexible plastic have been around long enough for people to start discussing a Moore’s Law for bendable ICs, memory devices for these flexible electronics have been a bit more elusive.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2024
The Yancy offers arch support and a gentle rebound, and are also machine-washable and easy to pack, thanks to their ultra-bendable design.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Will Porter, Outside, 17 Oct. 2025
The comfy slip-ons have an arch-support footbed, but the shoe’s standout detail is its soft upper and lightweight, bendable design; these shoes are easy to pack and save on luggage space.
—Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
In Burnett’s younger years, her body was as gangly and bendable as a marionette.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
While organic thin-film transistors built on flexible plastic have been around long enough for people to start discussing a Moore’s Law for bendable ICs, memory devices for these flexible electronics have been a bit more elusive.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2024
The Yancy offers arch support and a gentle rebound, and are also machine-washable and easy to pack, thanks to their ultra-bendable design.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bendable
Adjective
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Beaton used his patient, pliable and easygoing sisters, Nancy and Barbara as his early muses.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
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The original 20-point peace plan called for all living and dead hostages to be turned over within 72 hours, but the timeline for the dead hostages’ release quickly became more pliable as Hamas outlined the difficulty in recovering them.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Raskob took his own leap into the political fray by bankrolling Smith and using the DNC to settle scores—with the help of a pliant press.—
Evan Hughes,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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As Perez wrote, Musk’s free-speech absolutism was a fiction perpetuated by a pliant media.—
Jacob Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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From the bendy palm trees of Thunderbird 2's iconic launch sequence to epic set-pieces featuring collapsing skyscrapers and doomed hypersonic jets, this kids' show could go toe-to-toe with the big screen's best.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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At the time, the character was 17 and owed his bendy superpowers to eating a mythical fruit.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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These high-resolution images are a first step toward tailoring magnesium alloys to be both more ductile and more stable, bringing them closer to large-scale use in cars and other vehicles.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Aug. 2025
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The 22-year-old Spanish singer-songwriter boasts an ethereal, ductile voice that sounds equally convincing singing solo with flamenco guitar accompaniment or over dance beats.—
Leila Cobo,
Billboard,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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Instead, the moss’s telltale sign of woe is its glum, grayish hue, a waxen appearance that comes from ferns and algae that have crept over it.—
Sabrina Imbler,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Dec. 2020
Adjective
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Hailed for their seemingly effortless power, supple ride, technologically sophisticated gizmos and exquisite interior and exterior appointments, Phantoms have been the ultimate celebrity status symbol nearly since the nameplate’s release.—
Brett Berk,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Oct. 2025
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The collection also introduces standout accessories, including the Tiger Tote, crafted from canvas that fuses graffiti and floral prints, and the Karate Bag, distinguished by its supple leather construction that folds gracefully into a sculptural form.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Her willowy frame takes a tremendous battering as brutes slam her into tables and through walls.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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Only two bodies remain still: Ferran’s, in one corner of the platform, and that of a young man (Jabez Sykes) diagonally across from her, tall and willowy and pale — two statues that seem moonlit while the rest of the world writhes and sweats around them.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Also called wild hyacinth or Atlantic camas, this adaptable perennial produces spikes of up to twenty pale blue, pink, or white blooms that open sequentially from the bottom upward.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 Oct. 2025
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Many feature regions with differing mechanical properties, guiding robots with complex, adaptable movements.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Bendable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bendable. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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