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malleable

[mal-ee-uh-buhl] / ˈmæl i ə bəl /


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Haloed by light, the sitter—seemingly startled by our presence—does not occupy so much as define space, which feels malleable, strangely unstable, at times a mirage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Tom Rhys Harries says wearing malleable prosthetics was a "steep learning curve"

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

What begins as an honest account of modern life’s bleak state is distorted alongside Berlant’s malleable expressions, slowly blossoming into something life-affirming, like a diamond among the rubble.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Scientists are also paying close attention to key early-life stages – from pregnancy to around the age of seven – when a child’s weight regulation system is particularly malleable.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

By problematizing the idea that experiments could be successfully replicated, the generation after Kuhn, the generation of Shapin and Schaffer, sought to demonstrate that experience itself is unpredictable, malleable, socially constructed.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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