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This twinning process increases ductility, allowing the material to stretch in more directions, but excessive twinning can create clusters of defects that eventually cause cracks.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Aug. 2025 -
Quantum annealing: This term is borrowed from annealing, a process that uses heat to alter the physical or chemical properties of a metal, glass, or plastic film to increase ductility and reduce hardness.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
30 Oct. 2024
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Over time, though, our levels decrease and so our skin loses that suppleness.—
Jacqueline Kilikita,
Refinery29,
17 Oct. 2024
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In surrendering to remoteness and distance—what can’t be seen or decided, whether because of memory’s pliancy or people’s opacity—the show birthed something new, or seemed to.—
Katy Waldman,
The New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2023
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The leave-in Hair Dew brings pliancy to hair, and a good pick for thirsty strands is the What the Hemp deep moisture mask, which deeply moisturizes but feels light as air.—
Paris Wilson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2023
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That might be a subtle explanation for a 17-game schedule that at some point will almost certainly expand to 18, given the NFL Players Association’s pliability.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
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The winners will be those who build not just for speed and scale, but for resilience and adaptability.—
Ilona Limonta-Volkova,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Both require a balance of commitment and flexibility, patience and action, values and adaptability.—
Allen Buchanan,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Pliantness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pliantness. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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