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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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Denver metro test drive loop My drives with the Prius covered much of the South Denver metro area, including stretches of C-470 and E-470, where steady highway cruising allowed the hybrid system to show off its efficiency.—
Sponsored Content,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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Tie it to your handbag or belt loop instead.—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Innerspring mattresses feature a coil support core topped with comfort layers.—
Sharon Brandwein,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Innerspring mattresses have supportive cores made of metal coils and are topped with foam or other layers of padding.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Each molecule can contain more than two hundred carbon atoms, twisted into a dizzying array of rings and folds.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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And another law that took effect in 2015 folds tribal consultation into the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The spiral of death & destruction must stop now.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC news,
2 Apr. 2026
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At the end of the film on the beach, there’s a little moment when his legs fold around himself in a spiral, like a cinnamon bun, which was done on the reference table.—
Emma Forgione,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Try these striking pumps with studded buckle detailing along their pointed-toes.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
3 Apr. 2026
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Statement denim pieces include cutout bootcut jeans with buckle detailing, palazzo jeans with tonal embroidery, a sleeveless mini dress, and a butterfly tank top—a subtle nod to Parton, who has long embraced butterflies as a personal symbol of beauty, freedom and nature.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Festivals have recognized that, while K-pop broke a lot of ground, many other countries have distinct twists on the formula worth exploring.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Amin Ahmad puts his own immigrant twist on an American literary classic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 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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Each cantilever is composed of a stack of several submicrometer layers of material and curls approximately 90 degrees out of the plane at rest.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
9 Apr. 2026
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Regardless of the method, Marjan considers hair extensions to be one of the most vital components in her tool kit, especially for those who have fine hair that won’t hold a curl.—
Hunter Lacey,
Allure,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Flexure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flexure. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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