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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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This system is designed to operate only under proper authorization and keeps a human operator in the decision loop at all times.—
Jan Wagner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
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While the material isn’t traditional denim, thoughtful details—like real buttons, belt loops, and pockets—help sell the look.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But tighter curls and coils can benefit from this product, too.—
Eden Stuart,
Glamour,
5 Mar. 2026
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Carl felt another coil on his back.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The camera on the Honor Robot Phone folds back into the body of the device.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2026
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Growing sport, growing company The popularity of the sport has exploded in recent decades, with some outdoor recreation researchers estimating the number of backcountry skiers grew eight-fold from 1995 to 2017.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The 54-year-old comedian with a beard full of gray stubble drops back to pass, launching a tight spiral underneath SoFi’s massive technicolor halo scoreboard hovering above a sea of empty stands.—
Deputy Entertainment,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Without a thorough understanding of what is happening in our prisons, the death spiral will be hard to turn around.—
Nora Demleitner,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The back features the most comfortable four-row buckle hook closure that smooths any bumps and gives major support.—
Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
4 Mar. 2026
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Forrest searched Friedmann and found a push dagger embedded in his belt buckle.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The up-and-coming It girl is giving a masterclass in 90s nostalgia while giving it a fun, modern twist that is just so contagious.—
Kaitlin Clapinski,
InStyle,
6 Mar. 2026
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In a final twist, as his own grave went up in flames (without him in it), Tommy galloped off into the horizon, his empire reduced to embers.—
Miriam Balanescu,
IndieWire,
5 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
Noun
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Thise helps seal the outer cuticles and ensure your curls don’t become frizzy, plus tomato, which is supposed to support moisture retention.—
Eden Stuart,
Glamour,
5 Mar. 2026
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After several years of bleach blonde, Ariana Grande showed her natural curls in a video posted on Wednesday.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Flexure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flexure. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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