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Recent Examples of bendable
In Burnett’s younger years, her body was as gangly and bendable as a marionette.
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Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
On sale for 20 percent off, this Dot&Dot travel pillow has a bendable metal core that can be twisted and turned into countless different positions to find the perfect level of support for your head and neck.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 21 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
Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
On sale for 20 percent off, this Dot&Dot travel pillow has a bendable metal core that can be twisted and turned into countless different positions to find the perfect level of support for your head and neck.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 21 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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These styles are also gentle and pliable against gums.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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But for many, Jimmy Kimmel’s cancellation is ringing fascism alarm bells for the first time, and bringing into focus just how eagerly pliable many Americans are.—
James Folta
September 19,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Accusations of Russian interference Ahead of the election, Sandu accused Russia of attempting to sway the vote to install a government more pliant to Moscow through a vast disinformation campaign.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Flex—which has bendy dividers and comes with a little snack/condiment container.—
Emily Farris,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
15 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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Though both pieces are leather, the intrecciato texture contrasts her supple leather coat, breaking up the browns.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
24 Sep. 2025
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All of her guests who’ve slept on them say the sheets are supple and keep them from overheating.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
23 Sep. 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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While mountain lions are highly adaptable to various ecosystems, their numbers declined historically due to being hunted by fearful humans.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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These adaptable machines could be deployed in environments currently too dangerous or inaccessible for humans or conventional robots.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Bendable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bendable. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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