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Recent Examples of flexibility
This flexibility is important for expeditionary operations, where infrastructure may be limited or damaged.
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
While stars rarely hit free agency in today’s NBA, the threat and flexibility of a team holding max-level salary cap space can help facilitate a trade for such a player.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Super Home Warranty was named best overall, while other companies were recognized for high coverage caps, budget-friendliness and contractor flexibility.
—Alora Bopray, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
One gets flexibility, the other, certainty.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
Despite the commitment, the Ellisons want the flexibility to include the Middle Eastern royal families and additional foreign investors.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Both OpenAI and Anthropic launched their own desktop apps in recent months, which can give users extra flexibility to apply AI features or analysis to documents or tools on their local computers.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 28 Apr. 2026
That’s a calculated risk, and one more accessible to someone with financial flexibility and legal expertise than to the average taxpayer.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
The flexibility is intentional, allowing each woman to shape her own version of rest.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
While stars rarely hit free agency in today’s NBA, the threat and flexibility of a team holding max-level salary cap space can help facilitate a trade for such a player.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Super Home Warranty was named best overall, while other companies were recognized for high coverage caps, budget-friendliness and contractor flexibility.
—Alora Bopray, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
One gets flexibility, the other, certainty.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
Despite the commitment, the Ellisons want the flexibility to include the Middle Eastern royal families and additional foreign investors.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Both OpenAI and Anthropic launched their own desktop apps in recent months, which can give users extra flexibility to apply AI features or analysis to documents or tools on their local computers.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 28 Apr. 2026
That’s a calculated risk, and one more accessible to someone with financial flexibility and legal expertise than to the average taxpayer.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
The flexibility is intentional, allowing each woman to shape her own version of rest.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flexibility
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But where limestone is crumbly and opaque, nacre’s toughness and light-bending properties come from silklike proteins that weave among the layers, holding them in place while providing enough elasticity to absorb the shock of a fracture.—
Caitlin Kennedy,
Scientific American,
25 Apr. 2026
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Smoking and excessive alcohol consumption break down collagen and elasticity over time.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Dripping glitter, shimmering adhesive crystals, dramatic slashes of eyeliner and smudges of eyeshadow—there was a playful, shifting experimentalism here, to signal the young characters’ changeability and ingenuity.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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That changeability brings a need for equally adaptable clothing.—
Nick Hendry,
Robb Report,
19 Sep. 2025
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The ability to combine wheeled efficiency with legged adaptability allows the system to handle varied terrains and motion demands more effectively than traditional designs, reports Pan Daily.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Apr. 2026
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The image captures a moment of pure, unguarded wildlife behavior, a testament to the resilience and adaptability of life in one of the planet's most extreme environments.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
22 Apr. 2026
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Those who recognize a compositional genius that grew out of constantly shifting dynamics and tempos, jazzy originality and infinite mutability.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
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The film addresses themes of injustice, accountability in journalism, the mutability of truth, who gets to frame the narrative, and who gets erased.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Dec. 2025
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The collection combines Billy, the company’s new AI platform, with laser technology and Atmos, a process with G2 ozone technology to eliminate manual processes, reduce variability and minimize environmental impact.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Oura Ring 4 has red and green infrared LEDs to measure blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), heart rate, heart rate variability, and respiratory rate, plus skin temperature sensors and an accelerometer.—
Andrew Gebhart,
PC Magazine,
22 Apr. 2026
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At that level, decisions are evaluated through a broader strategic lens that integrates economic resilience, technological development, and geopolitical competition — narrow legal or economic considerations rarely determine the outcome.—
Dewardric L. McNeal,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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Cumming’s unraveling of the truth and his identity resonates, and his journey is a triumph of resilience and authenticity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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Toward the end of this week’s episode, Daisy calls him out on his tendency to make up for volatility with charm.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2026
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The volatility money will pay for an infusion of $300 million into the child care endowment fund, Ritter said.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Flexibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flexibility. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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