as in flexible
able to bend easily without breaking
the kids love to use bendy straws
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Recent Examples of bendy
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.
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Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
This is why drafting another edge defender in the first or second round is a logical assumption, whether a bendy pass rusher (Donovan Ezeiruaku), a physical three-down lineman (Nic Scourton) or a raw riser (Olu Oladejo).
—Ben Standig, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
This book light, $20 at Walmart, has a wide beam and bendy neck.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
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.
—Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
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Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
This is why drafting another edge defender in the first or second round is a logical assumption, whether a bendy pass rusher (Donovan Ezeiruaku), a physical three-down lineman (Nic Scourton) or a raw riser (Olu Oladejo).
—Ben Standig, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
This book light, $20 at Walmart, has a wide beam and bendy neck.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
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.
—Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bendy
Adjective
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The real winners are those who combine strategy with smart systems, focus on value, and stay flexible as technology and markets change and evolve.—
Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Helping ease the housing shortage by increasing the supply of small, relatively affordable homes within established neighborhoods, ADUs help slow the rise in housing prices and provide flexible living arrangements for changing family needs.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 June 2025
Adjective
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The Chelan County Sheriff's Office reported a deputy found the girls lifeless with plastic bags over their heads and evidence that their hands had been zip-tied.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
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Three days later, the girls’ bodies were discovered with plastic bags over their heads and their hands bound at Rock Island Campground, police said.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Paper strips and floppy discs — technology still used by controllers today — have become a talking point on Capitol Hill.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
11 June 2025
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Pair it with oversized sunglasses and a floppy straw hat for a classic beach-ready outfit.—
Jené Luciani Sena
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FOXNews.com,
15 June 2025
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“Bendy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bendy. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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