as in flexible
able to bend easily without breaking
the kids love to use bendy straws
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Recent Examples of bendy
That is an understandable consequence of that bad knee injury, but also of a general slowing down, the bendy-legged glory years fading into the haze of memory.
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Jack Lang, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
Gummy, bendy, jelly products are in for 2026.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2025
Even though one model is rigid and the other is bendy, both showed similar trends in how water changes with pressure, and those trends matched what experiments found.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025
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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Jack Lang, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
Gummy, bendy, jelly products are in for 2026.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2025
Even though one model is rigid and the other is bendy, both showed similar trends in how water changes with pressure, and those trends matched what experiments found.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bendy
Adjective
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The result highlighted their potential for wearable electronics, lightweight power systems, and flexible solar applications.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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The booth combined a UR10e case‑packing cell, Vention’s modular conveyor system for product movement and accumulation and a UR20 palletizer, showing how collaborative robots and modular hardware can create flexible, easy‑to‑deploy packaging lines.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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Stuff the paper bag with plastic bags or other light materials to help fill and shape it to resemble a wasp nest.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
9 May 2026
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When this process takes place inside a plastic tub—as required by the directions on the mothball package—the mothball gases are able to accumulate and circulate around the clothing they're intended to protect.—
Samantha Johnson,
Martha Stewart,
9 May 2026
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Free People’s floppy raffia hat offers stylish coverage, while Anni Lu’s beaded necklace adds the perfect dose of fashion flair.—
Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
7 May 2026
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Two sixth-grade boys appeared, one tall and floppy-haired, the other wiry and blond.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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“Bendy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bendy. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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