pliancy
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That pliancy is part of what makes the term fun to use, and also why applying it to anyone so freely is a futile exercise.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
Robert Plant’s feckless pliancy throughout is hard to square with the exploratory nature of his later work.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2021
Over the years, he has honed an instinct for self-preservation through pliancy, deflection, and bemused forbearance.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 8, 2018
The artistic director of the American Repertory Theater, where this revival was launched, Paulus is a stylish populist whose success depends in large part on the pliancy of the theatrical material.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2014
In disputes and discussions with the great American republic, this country has ever shown itself yielding; far too much so, if such pliancy encourages to further encroachment.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
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