flexible
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham has spoken repeatedly of the need for a "flexible" approach to energy and is believed to be in favour of drilling more where licensing already exist in the North Sea.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
The ADU is a comfortable, flexible space that can be used as a pool house and a place for Joe and his friends to hang out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
“The TPI’s remarkably succinct engagement rules are probably sufficiently flexible to allow such intervention in favour of France,” said Gilles Moec, chief economist of AXA Group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Lacking fingers with flexible joints, the robot’s grippers had difficulty getting traction on the smooth surface of the glass.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
I thought of myself as a fairly flexible person, but not knowing what each day would bring was nerve- racking.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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