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Recent Examples of flexure
The colon's transverse section lies horizontally, and the splenic flexure (where the colon curves sharply beneath the lower end of the spleen) is located in the LUQ.
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Joy Emeh, Health, 19 Sep. 2024
How much cleavage, compression, flexure, impact, tension, or shear is required to break the plane of a Titebond bond?
—Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022
Processes such as hydrofracture and flexure remain understudied, and ice-sheet models do not yet include realistic treatment of these processes.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2021
Flex cracking is due to excessive circuit board flexure.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2018
Joy Emeh, Health, 19 Sep. 2024
How much cleavage, compression, flexure, impact, tension, or shear is required to break the plane of a Titebond bond?
—Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022
Processes such as hydrofracture and flexure remain understudied, and ice-sheet models do not yet include realistic treatment of these processes.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2021
Flex cracking is due to excessive circuit board flexure.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flexure
Noun
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The involved drivers were on the inner loop of I-695 and exited onto Perring Parkway when a suspect fired shots from their vehicle at the Putty Hill intersection, police said.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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This forms a negative feedback loop that limits how massive a star can be.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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When shopping for an innerspring, look for the coil height.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
19 Mar. 2026
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Currently, industrial gas heating is largely achieved through the use of metal coils and the burning of other fuels.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The pleats are made from multiple fabric folds and bunched together to create fullness.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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The company is reportedly prepping three high-end products, including an iPhone that folds and unfolds.—
Lance Whitney,
PC Magazine,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The result was a 9-1 thumping by the Hurricanes that started the Panthers’ 6-11-0 spiral that dropped them from playoff contention and also triggered Carolina’s 12-game point streak that vaulted the team to the top of the Eastern Conference standings.—
Cory Lavalette,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Walmart Deals of the Day are basically built to break that spiral.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Lit by street lights, the image features a striking man in a cowboy hat blowing bubblegum with a loose belt buckle.—
Sammy Loren,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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Dotty wore a sleeveless dress of black velvet caught at the hip with a diamanté buckle.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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While out in New York City on Monday night, for example, Gellar channeled the ’90s in a quintessential shoe style with a fresh twist.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Darlington has crafted a dark, edgy thriller whose engaging protagonist and intriguing psychological insights linger in the mind long after the memory of that last, jaw-dropping twist fades away.—
Paula L. Woods,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Previous studies have shown that hardware tailored for specific mathematical operations, such as Fourier and convolution transforms, can significantly outperform general-purpose processors.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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The twists, worries and delays in her story highlight the convolution of the U.S. immigration system and the challenges anyone who crossed the border without authorization faces in trying to become a legal resident.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
3 Dec. 2025
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Her hair was left long and straight with barely any curl, to echo the length of the statement-making dress.—
Gretta Monahan,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2026
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As for glam, the actress’ blond hair was styled with soft barrel curls that cascaded down her shoulders.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Flexure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flexure. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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