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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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These baggy pull-on jeans channel Taylor Swift’s courtside look, complete with an elastic waistband, functional belt loops, and pockets on both the front and back.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
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But a quick peek at the Trailforks app revealed this gem of a ride, an 8-mile loop climbing through grassland and chaparral, past a reservoir, over Conn Peak and back down Whiskey Ridge, with enough singletrack and elevation change to earn it.—
Winston Ross,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
Noun
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Wiley often wears her hair in a stretched state, combing through her gray coils with a blow dryer before doing a braid-out.—
Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
29 May 2026
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At the Gael and Friends exhibition on May 21, ahead of the 2026 French Open, Osaka took the court with a half-up, half-down hairdo, featuring cornrows on the top of her head and long, inky coils down her back.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
28 May 2026
Noun
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The lightweight tote folds easily into luggage yet expands to hold everything from in-flight essentials to unexpected souvenir purchases.—
Mia McManus,
PEOPLE,
25 May 2026
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The 33-year-old returned to the international fold in March and started the friendly victory over Uruguay — his first international appearance since September 2024.—
Ben Burrows,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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It's been a downward, but happy spiral since.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Another huge spiral is UGC 2885, or Rubin’s galaxy.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
29 May 2026
Noun
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The men’s model features a double strap in suede or leather with a metal buckle, and the color palette includes chocolate, hazelnut and licorice.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
28 May 2026
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Travis Street’s savvy is now as polished as a rodeo buckle.—
Claudia Alarcón,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Featuring a drawstring waist and double side seams, these low-rise jeans put a playful twist on Hargitay’s wide-leg style.—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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But then there was a twist in Williams’ thinking, in his wildly entertaining eight-minute rant.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 May 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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While most issues can be resolved, if the curl is caused by a virus, the plant may not recover.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
29 May 2026
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The tight braids trailed over the left of her head before forming a double loop and running back toward the forest of curls behind her.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
28 May 2026
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“Flexure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flexure. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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