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pliable

[plahy-uh-buhl] / ˈplaɪ ə bəl /


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Humans are suggestible creatures with extremely pliable memories.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Science Daily

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

Eventually, it becomes pliable enough to pick off ground balls.

From The Wall Street Journal