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Adjective
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Pace put different people through the paces of different things on different equipment and surfaces, ranging from some beginner movements to some rather acrobatic moves by a woman visiting from South Korea that looked a lot like gymnastics.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025 -
Parents bundle their children together for day trips to state parks, seeking live mermaid shows performed by acrobatic swimmers like the Mermaids of Weeki Wachee Springs in Florida.—
Time,
Time,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Two ultra-limber actors — Hassiem Muhammad and Ryan Sellers — in garish body makeup (and dance shoes) merge limbs and psyches for an electric demonstration of poetry in motion.—
Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
26 Jan. 2023
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For thousands of years, people have turned to yoga to feel more limber, release stress and rejuvenate their overall physical and mental health.—
Forrest Brown,
CNN,
21 June 2022
Adjective
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This led Liu to wonder if these pliant electronics might keep up with the mutable nature of embryonic brains.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
11 June 2025
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Japan hasn’t been as pliant as Trump seemed to expect.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Because exits in sports seldom are graceful.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Sep. 2025
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Adorned with Japanese flowers and trees of the season, the vase gives a dignified, graceful welcome to visitors arriving in the main entrance lobby.—
Isabelle Kliger,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This actually perfect pie crust is very, very pliable.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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This causes the eardrum, a thin, pliable membrane, to stretch.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Secondskin is incredibly supple—think glove leather but with the durability to handle actual travel.—
Dan Michel,
Robb Report,
27 Aug. 2025
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Commerce writer Julia Harrison has been testing the Fritz Hansen Series 7 office chair for the last few months and loves the supple leather upholstery and high-back seat.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The age of decentralized and hybrid warfare demands a more agile and innovative Western response.—
Brian Walsh,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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These changes are about building a stronger, more connected, and agile organization that can deliver on our goals and compete at the highest level.—
Erik Hayden,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Strategies will remain flexible to adjust to changing fire behavior, terrain, and resource availability.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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By learning from nature’s most flexible swimmer, the octopus, researchers hope to overcome these challenges and make underwater machines more capable, adaptable, and sustainable.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Loose-jointed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loose-jointed. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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