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as in flexible
able to bend easily without breaking
a dome tent outfitted with supple fiberglass tent poles
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as in stretch
able to revert to original size and shape after being stretched, squeezed, or twisted
shoes made from supple leather
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Recent Examples of supple
All of her guests who’ve slept on them say the sheets are supple and keep them from overheating.
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Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 22 Dec. 2025
The other fat used to make a supple dough with great flavor.
—Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025
Crafted from supple Italian leather that molds to your foot like a second skin, the slip-on style is designed for all-day comfort and long-term wear.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Dec. 2025
After an hour post-application, the slight fine lines at the corner of my eyes were gone, my face looked visibly plump, and my skin looked soft and supple.
—Tatayana Yomary, Essence, 19 Dec. 2025
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Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 22 Dec. 2025
The other fat used to make a supple dough with great flavor.
—Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025
Crafted from supple Italian leather that molds to your foot like a second skin, the slip-on style is designed for all-day comfort and long-term wear.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Dec. 2025
After an hour post-application, the slight fine lines at the corner of my eyes were gone, my face looked visibly plump, and my skin looked soft and supple.
—Tatayana Yomary, Essence, 19 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supple
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These include electric vehicles with extended driving ranges, large-scale renewable energy storage systems that can balance intermittent solar and wind power, and lightweight, flexible power sources for portable and wearable electronics.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Airlines have been alerting customers whose flights are canceled and offering flexible rebooking and refund options to other travelers headed to those 40 airports.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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They’re constructed of a non-stretch denim, sit lower on the hips, and have a relaxed straight-leg silhouette.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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The look featured a double-breasted blazer, crafted with non-stretch denim.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Advertisement Rodríguez was not immediately pliant.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
5 Jan. 2026
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Its root system is aggressive, shallow, and rather pliant, which makes the tree very unstable.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
30 Dec. 2025
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Thousands had set up makeshift homes made of little more than cloth, asbestos, and plastic sheets.—
Saumya Roy,
The Dial,
6 Jan. 2026
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The task force usually passes out kits that include fentanyl detection strips inside plastic sandwich bags, along with sterile water and little paper condiment cups, which are used to perform the test; illicit pills should be crushed first before testing.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Jan. 2026
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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
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In the near term, this means renewable grids, energy storage and climate-resilient transit.—
Neel Somani,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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Premiering May 15 in Cannes’ ACID sidebar, the France–Palestine–Iran co-production traces Farsi’s efforts to get closer to the conflict when borders made reporting impossible, and finds a singular, resilient voice in Hassona’s daily dispatches from Gaza.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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Bake until bacon is just starting to brown but is still pliable, 12 to 18 minutes.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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Basketweavers separate strips of wood, often from black ash trees, soak them into pliable strips, and weave them into baskets for practical and cultural use.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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For his latest Max Mara collection, Griffiths designed many looks with bare backs demarcated with harness-like arrangements of black elastic straps.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
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The elastic waistband stretches to move with you, and the pants come with faux buttons to make slipping them on a breeze.—
Nicol Natale,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Supple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supple. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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