as in flexible
able to bend easily without breaking
the kids love to use bendy straws
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Recent Examples of bendy
So there shouldn’t be too big of a discount for a 26-year-old, bendy edge player who had eight sacks and 17 QB hits in 2023 before missing all of 2024 with a non-contact knee injury.
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Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
These polymers then juiced with other chemicals that give them different properties, to mold them into plastics that are bendy, plastics that are hard, plastics that are resistant to heat and other things.
—Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2025
Their comfortable, bendy ear hooks all but guarantee a secure fit during workouts, even if your workouts involve handstands.
—Will Palmer, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024
In this case, the bendy space-time fabric that surrounds us would be illusory, and the quantum particles on the boundary would be the real stuff of existence.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
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Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
These polymers then juiced with other chemicals that give them different properties, to mold them into plastics that are bendy, plastics that are hard, plastics that are resistant to heat and other things.
—Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2025
Their comfortable, bendy ear hooks all but guarantee a secure fit during workouts, even if your workouts involve handstands.
—Will Palmer, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024
In this case, the bendy space-time fabric that surrounds us would be illusory, and the quantum particles on the boundary would be the real stuff of existence.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bendy
Adjective
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Everything has to be centred on them, perhaps with a flexible back three with three attacking midfielders: Havertz as a false nine, Musiala half left, Wirtz half right.—
Philipp Lahm,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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Subsidized interest, flexible repayment options and leeway during times of financial hardship make federal loans a smart option for many eligible borrowers.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Yeti Yonder Water Bottle Yeti loyalists, rejoice: The renowned cooler and insulated water bottle brand also has a plastic, freezeable option.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
12 June 2025
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Use a sharp garden trowel and dispose of the plants in a plastic bag.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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Johnson went for a neutral ensemble Wednesday, wearing a floppy sun hat, boho-style top and wide-leg pants in shades of tan and cream.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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Dress up with accessories or don your favorite floppy sun hat for that ultimate untouched-by-the-heat style.—
Nicole Pyles,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 June 2025
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“Bendy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bendy. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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