protean

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Obergefell, a 5-4 decision, was written by the court’s most protean member, Justice Anthony Kennedy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

In particular, there is a confused, protean nature of conducting operations among a civilian population you are sworn to defend while simultaneously seeking to prevent them from harming you or others.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2025

Faith Ringgold, who died Saturday at 93, was an artist of protean inventiveness.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2024

Like this city, there’s a protean quality to the pattern.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2023

In addition to seeming eternal, ubiquitous, protean, and endlessly quotable, Franklin had the most sophisticated sense of timing among all the prominent statesmen of the revolutionary era.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis