as in flexible
able to bend easily without breaking
the kids love to use bendy straws
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Recent Examples of bendy
So there shouldn’t be too big of a discount for a 26-year-old, bendy edge player who had eight sacks and 17 QB hits in 2023 before missing all of 2024 with a non-contact knee injury.
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Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
These polymers then juiced with other chemicals that give them different properties, to mold them into plastics that are bendy, plastics that are hard, plastics that are resistant to heat and other things.
—Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2025
Their comfortable, bendy ear hooks all but guarantee a secure fit during workouts, even if your workouts involve handstands.
—Will Palmer, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024
In this case, the bendy space-time fabric that surrounds us would be illusory, and the quantum particles on the boundary would be the real stuff of existence.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
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Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
These polymers then juiced with other chemicals that give them different properties, to mold them into plastics that are bendy, plastics that are hard, plastics that are resistant to heat and other things.
—Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2025
Their comfortable, bendy ear hooks all but guarantee a secure fit during workouts, even if your workouts involve handstands.
—Will Palmer, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024
In this case, the bendy space-time fabric that surrounds us would be illusory, and the quantum particles on the boundary would be the real stuff of existence.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bendy
Adjective
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The rules around federal civil proceedings are slightly more flexible, allowing for recording in some instances at the discretion of the judge.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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Some linguists and other scientists have been quick to point out that chimpanzee communication is far less flexible and complicated than human language.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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The case looks great on its own to my eyes, with a two tone finish consisting of faux-leather and plastic frame that snaps onto the Vivo X200 Ultra.—
Ben Sin,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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And Michael Martinez now drives his brother’s highlighter-yellow Jeep, which includes the countless plastic ducks received in his brother’s memory.—
Dan Belson,
Baltimore Sun,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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Zendaya arrived in the definition of tailored with an all-white suit and matching white floppy hat.—
Jenifer Calle,
Glamour,
6 May 2025
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Theo Wargo / FilmMagic 3d ago / 3:34 PM PDT Share Zendaya spotted on red carpet Viola Flowers Zendaya has arrived in an all-white suit with floppy white hat and a small, silver snake detail on the upper back of the suit jacket.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
6 May 2025
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“Bendy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bendy. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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