flex

Example Sentences

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You can tell the Pentagon loves it because it just airlifted a microreactor to Utah on a C-17 — the military equivalent of posting a flex on Instagram.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

But here’s the quiet flex: toast them first.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

There is flex capacity for coal available in South Asia, which has opened new plants for the commodity recently, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

It's like a wing with a flexible, corrugated structure within it – something like an accordion – that allows said wing to fold down quickly, or flex with ease.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

And they flex their pint-size muscles around the house for the rest of the afternoon.

From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson