malleable
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“The microbiome is malleable and early in life is when it gets set up,” said Justin Sonnenburg, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Stanford University, who has led several studies on the infant microbiome.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
Dahlia Lithwick: In your article, you draw out the fact that lawyers are extremely uneasy about invoking the language of morality, because morality is either too malleable or just sanctimonious and annoying.
From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026
This isn’t true — one can be wrong without lying, and memory is malleable.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
“I think that’s what makes it so fun because we’re really open to this idea of time being a little bit malleable, a little bit gelatinous,” Lopatin says.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025
She made the decorated pins herself, melting and molding malleable plastic into interesting shapes, seated at a picnic table in her backyard a few weekends ago.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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