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as in changeability
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Recent Examples of flexibility
This game was top-class entertainment, showcased both teams’ tactical flexibility, and could have ended with a very different scoreline.
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Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
5 July 2026
Dickinson said the project allows residents to enjoy the flexibility of renting while avoiding many of the maintenance responsibilities associated with homeownership.
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Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
5 July 2026
This show could use flexibility in runtimes to cut out the fluff.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026
If streaming providers get more flexibility, future TV packages could look different.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
4 July 2026
Compatibility with every Chinese carrier The J-15T’s compatibility with every Chinese carrier supports this goal by giving commanders greater flexibility during extended missions.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
4 July 2026
While Cooper entered the race with a strong fundraising operation, the decision now gives national Republicans significantly more flexibility to direct party money into helping Whatley.
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David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
4 July 2026
The triple-layer sole has enough flexibility and support that your feet aren’t begging for a break halfway through the day, and the suede-like insole is ridiculously soft.
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Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
4 July 2026
Your first instinct may be to defend your freedom, but relationships that hold space for honesty and flexibility become stronger now.
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Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
3 July 2026
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
5 July 2026
Dickinson said the project allows residents to enjoy the flexibility of renting while avoiding many of the maintenance responsibilities associated with homeownership.
—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
5 July 2026
This show could use flexibility in runtimes to cut out the fluff.
—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026
If streaming providers get more flexibility, future TV packages could look different.
—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
4 July 2026
Compatibility with every Chinese carrier The J-15T’s compatibility with every Chinese carrier supports this goal by giving commanders greater flexibility during extended missions.
—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
4 July 2026
While Cooper entered the race with a strong fundraising operation, the decision now gives national Republicans significantly more flexibility to direct party money into helping Whatley.
—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
4 July 2026
The triple-layer sole has enough flexibility and support that your feet aren’t begging for a break halfway through the day, and the suede-like insole is ridiculously soft.
—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
4 July 2026
Your first instinct may be to defend your freedom, but relationships that hold space for honesty and flexibility become stronger now.
—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
3 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flexibility
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Research on elite competitive eaters revealed that some individuals can train to increase the elasticity of their stomachs.
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This architecture balances public cloud elasticity with on-premise data protection.
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More specifically, genres, whether spoken or written, reflect the changeability of their formal characteristics in connection to changes in the situation and the actions relevant to these genres.
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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.
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Universities must rethink education, focusing on fostering critical thinking, communication, and adaptability—skills AI struggles to replicate.
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That Teng could even accomplish it and have some success speaks to his value and adaptability.
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Those who recognize a compositional genius that grew out of constantly shifting dynamics and tempos, jazzy originality and infinite mutability.
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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.
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Pressure is building for standard definitions of stress, resilience and recovery speed, along with more clinical partnerships as regulators pay closer attention.
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For investors, that means the old crisis playbook may no longer be enough, and building resilience could require a broader mix of assets rather than betting on a single traditional refuge.
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The clinical version dates to research in the 1960s and 1970s, when devices tracked heart rate variability, muscle tension and skin temperature to help people regulate what was once considered automatic.
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When asked to run similar projections while modeling for factors such as return variability, family income and investor behavior, Morningstar showcases a more subdued picture of financial health for account holders at the same intervals.
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Alan Greenspan’s passing is useful not as the subject of my column, but as a marker of an era when many professionals believed large institutions could absorb volatility on their behalf.
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Between flights and investor meetings, the executive carves out time to explain economic swings, market volatility, and tech trends, all while touting Blackstone’s global reach.
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“Flexibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flexibility. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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