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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
Flex cracking is due to excessive circuit board flexure.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2018
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
Joy Emeh, Health, 19 Sep. 2024
Flex cracking is due to excessive circuit board flexure.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2018
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flexure
Noun
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Outfitted with steel cable loops, a waterproof PVC identification tag, and a bendable, flexible silicone body, these Ovener luggage tags were built for the long haul.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
24 July 2025
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Why brands are abandoning traditional PR The statistics don’t lie: Hybrid approaches create feedback loops between paid and earned media, driving continuous improvement in both areas.—
Ascend Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
24 July 2025
Noun
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Curly fries, when done correctly, are crisp through each coil.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2025
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Brand ambassadors, hairstylists, and scientists were on-site to answer questions and celebrate every curl, kink, and coil.—
Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
5 July 2025
Noun
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Wash and fold is $1.60 plus tax per pound, with a 14-pound minimum.—
Keely Doll,
The Courier-Journal,
17 July 2025
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The bundled stand folds to support the Asus ZenScreen MB16AHG and enables you to set your display in portrait as well as landscape orientations.—
Jade Chung-Lee,
PC Magazine,
14 July 2025
Noun
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What begins as a convenient living arrangement spirals into a dangerous game of desire and deceit.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 July 2025
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As Brooks stands in the doorway, listening to this new fight spiral out of control, there’s a fear in his weary eyes.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
16 July 2025
Noun
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The dangerous allure of this delicate fashion statement dates back to the pre-industrial age, when glass was a frugal (if fragile) alternative to jewels, bedazzling coats, cuffs, fans, buttons and buckles.—
Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 July 2025
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Investigators alleged that the safety seat was not properly installed with the lower anchor and tethers for children system or seatbelt and the chest plate and lap buckles on the seat were allegedly unlatched.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
18 July 2025
Noun
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Despite their romance coming to an end, the adventure seeker's exhilarating life — filled with twists, turns and a fair share of couch surfing — had only just begun.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
23 July 2025
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The season ends with one last shocking twist: Kyle runs Sophie off the road and threatens her.—
Allison DeGrushe Published,
EW.com,
23 July 2025
Noun
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The sets of wires, called windings, aren’t connected, but through electromagnetic induction across the core, current transfers from one coil to the other.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
11 Dec. 2024
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The sprawling show — his biggest yet — unfurls as a romantic, ultimately poetic promenade through the city’s winding, cobblestone streets, historic sights and unique museums.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
28 June 2025
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Following the decades-long convolutions of an intense and volatile friendship between two women, Ruth and Maria, Lonely Crowds poses similar questions about the limits of personal relationships.—
Bekah Waalkes,
The Atlantic,
22 July 2025
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Too long to weed through red herrings and convolutions in the mystery that eventually border on irrelevant.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Flexure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flexure. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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