malleable

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Dahlia Lithwick: In your article, you draw out the fact that lawyers are extremely uneasy about invoking the language of morality, because morality is either too malleable or just sanctimonious and annoying.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026

Rather than emphasizing unchangeable characteristics, he presented human beings as malleable over long stretches of time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

But they’re also malleable; there’s no telling what might affect them, or what a child might carry with them throughout their life.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2025

By reframing age as something malleable, these tests motivate healthier choices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Sweet girl meant that, for a long time, Don had molded Ranyinudo into a malleable shape, or that she had allowed him to think he had.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie