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as in changeability
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Recent Examples of flexibility
But with the Sabres in a salary cap crunch, moving off the final season of his deal gives them more flexibility heading into the offseason.
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Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
Sacramento could get under the first apron and tax moving on from DeRozan, but would lack real flexibility without being able to move on from LaVine or Sabonis, the latter of whom is making over $94 million combined over the next two seasons.
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Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
The common thread is flexibility.
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Connie Etemadi,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
A little flexibility can go a long way in savings.
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Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
Michelle is way ahead of me on the whole stretching and flexibility tip.
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Janine Rubenstein,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
But the likes of JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon aren’t giving their workers flexibility to clock off early and join the fans to watch the game.
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Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Also, one of the big themes of Homeric scholarship over the past few decades has been the flexibility of the narrative perspectives in the original poems and the subtlety of the narrative shifts.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
23 June 2026
For Minnesota, the trade creates a $33 million trade exception as well as financial flexibility to seek free agents to play alongside superstar Anthony Edwards.
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Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
Sacramento could get under the first apron and tax moving on from DeRozan, but would lack real flexibility without being able to move on from LaVine or Sabonis, the latter of whom is making over $94 million combined over the next two seasons.
—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
The common thread is flexibility.
—
Connie Etemadi,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
A little flexibility can go a long way in savings.
—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
Michelle is way ahead of me on the whole stretching and flexibility tip.
—
Janine Rubenstein,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
But the likes of JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon aren’t giving their workers flexibility to clock off early and join the fans to watch the game.
—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Also, one of the big themes of Homeric scholarship over the past few decades has been the flexibility of the narrative perspectives in the original poems and the subtlety of the narrative shifts.
—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
23 June 2026
For Minnesota, the trade creates a $33 million trade exception as well as financial flexibility to seek free agents to play alongside superstar Anthony Edwards.
—
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flexibility
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Though editor Yorgos Mavropsaridis (a Yorgos Lanthimos regular) cuts the film with brisk concision, there’s also a welcome temporal elasticity here — the sense that life can change in the blink of an eye, but also stall for undefined passages.
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CosRx’s The 6 Peptide Skin Booster isn’t just about packing in as many peptides as possible—each peptide has a different job, from supporting elasticity and smoothing fine lines to calming skin and boosting radiance.
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More specifically, genres, whether spoken or written, reflect the changeability of their formal characteristics in connection to changes in the situation and the actions relevant to these genres.
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Dripping glitter, shimmering adhesive crystals, dramatic slashes of eyeliner and smudges of eyeshadow—there was a playful, shifting experimentalism here, to signal the young characters’ changeability and ingenuity.
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While traditional varieties may struggle with disease resistance and climate adaptability, many new cultivars offer solutions, combining nostalgia with the resilience needed to flourish in today's conditions.
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The future of work requires critical thinking, creativity and adaptability.
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Those who recognize a compositional genius that grew out of constantly shifting dynamics and tempos, jazzy originality and infinite mutability.
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The film addresses themes of injustice, accountability in journalism, the mutability of truth, who gets to frame the narrative, and who gets erased.
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The deciding factor often comes down to durability and resilience, both of which are built through physical capacity.
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Heat exposure also triggers heat shock proteins, particularly HSP70, which repair damaged proteins, reduce systemic inflammation and support cellular resilience.
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But experts repeatedly emphasize that variability is normal — and that menopause itself is not a disease.
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What is heart rate variability?
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But Exxon is a disciplined producer able to weather the volatility.
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This pattern of extreme volatility is common in high-profile IPOs, where initial hype often inflates share values.
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“Flexibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flexibility. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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