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pliable

[plahy-uh-buhl] / ˈplaɪ ə bəl /


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The sculpture’s curved, draping form looks both stiff and pliable, cartoonish and menacing.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 22, 2025

This paradox raised a fundamental question: how can the planet's solid center appear firm yet strangely pliable?

From Science Daily Dec. 10, 2025

If you can square those actions with Hernández’s pardon and not throw your back out in the process you’re either more pliable than most or willfully obtuse.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 7, 2025

Canned crescent dough, improbably, was just right: pliable without tearing, sturdy without getting tough, and still capable of a respectable rise.

From Salon Sep. 30, 2025

She wants everyone to be pliable and easy to control.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth




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