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supple

[suhp-uhl] / ˈsʌp əl /


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The Grateful Dead’s commitment to loose improvisation, to stretching songs out until they became gummy and supple, helped set it apart from more traditional rock groups.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Last week, one of Italy's top luxury brands, Prada, invited journalists to its Scandicci factory outside Florence, showing the step-by-step transformation of supple leather into luxury handbags.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

Showy but intimate, talky yet supple, it’s murmuring assurances to rebut the very doubts he’s raising.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

The star might be 79 years old, but his voice is still unusually supple and youthful, cutting through the night with crystalline clarity, and buoyed by The Chrome Hearts' close-knit harmonies.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2025

But he scarcely heard Hermione: He had pulled out his Invisibility Cloak and was running it through his fingers, the cloth supple as water, light as air.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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