flexure

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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. 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
  • And so were four coaches who spent long hours on the ice teaching jumps and spins, twizzles and loops, double and triple axels to talented skaters, some on the path to the Olympics.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Privacy and data are at the core of hyper-personalization, so doubling down on zero-party data and consumer feedback loops are a focus for us in 2025 and beyond.
    Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Designed for curls and coils in need of major moisture, Redken All Soft Mega Curls Shampoo is packed with aloe vera and inca inchi oil to deliver intense hydration and lasting softness.
    Erin Parker, Allure, 22 Jan. 2025
  • From creams and oils to mousses and co-washes, these curly hair products are guaranteed to bring new life to your curls and coils.
    Claire Sullivan, WWD, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • As in so many of Freud’s nudes, the attention is directed toward the skin, all its surfaces, folds, and curves, and still, fifty years on, there is something shockingly direct about them, devoid of beautification, naked the way animals are naked, but with human bashfulness intact.
    Karl Ove Knausgaard, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The hidden helix is placed at the top of the ear, beneath its fold.
    Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Baristas will be more vigilant about topping macchiatos with a caramel crosshatch pattern made up exactly of seven vertical lines and seven horizontal lines, finished with a spiral.
    Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
  • In this decaying, labyrinthine city, John and Laura meet a pair of weird sisters who claim to have seen their dead child, sending the couple into a spiral of hope, fear, and, finally, unspeakable horror.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The Yates father-son tandem won in team roping, which earned them buckles presented by Reagan, and Kelly was runner-up in the barrel racing.
    Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Musk’s ultimate aim is to muddle the debate to the point that democracy buckles and the state is unable to control the private sector.
    Paul Hockenos, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • According to host Phil Keoghan, every single episode this season will have some sort of surprise or twist involved, putting the racers on edge (and on their marks) at every turn.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The saga took an unexpected twist in 2006 when replacement singer Ronnie James Dio returned to the fold, and the band (minus Ward and Osbourne) dubbed themselves Heaven and Hell.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The decrease is attributed to lower project revenue and the winding down of certain business operations.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The system’s secret sauce is its polyphase windings—lightweight electromagnetic coils arranged over a coil to generate a rotating magnetic field that eliminates current ripples and field cancellation.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 27 July 2024
Noun
  • Tax experts are well-versed in navigating the tax code’s convolutions and can offer personalized guidance.
    Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The stakes are higher than ever, and most refreshingly of all, the convolution levels are very manageable right now.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Flexure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flexure. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.

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