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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 • Dec. 27, 2025

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

A standard burger took ten seconds; the Snack Wrap required nearly a minute, with a 20-second steam step just to make the tortilla pliable.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2025

She rose and tentatively picked up one of the slender, pliable saplings from the pile.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry




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