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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Despite its grandeur, over the centuries the palace proved to be a flexible structure, capable of accommodating additions, splits, partitions, changes of ownership and use.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
24 May 2025
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After all, supportive sneakers for walking through a city, flexible pants for long-haul flights, and versatile pieces that can be worn multiple times throughout a trip are essentials on any packing list.—
Rachel Trujillo,
Travel + Leisure,
24 May 2025
Adjective
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Instead, Pack Reusable Silicone Snack Bags $13 at Amazon Silicone snack bags are an inexpensive, healthy alternative to plastic food bags.—
Laura Lu,
Parents,
19 May 2025
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The aprons and plastic gingham tablecloths for easy cleaning are a nice touch.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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MacDonald allegedly told Army investigators at the time that his family was killed by a group of hippies, which included a woman in a floppy hat.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2025
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Later that afternoon, Anderson was seen donning the messy curls again, this time while wearing a floppy white sun hat, a crisp button-down, a matching skirt with floral cutouts, and pointed-toe pumps.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
21 May 2025
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“Bendy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bendy. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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