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pliable

[plahy-uh-buhl] / ˈplaɪ ə bəl /


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That pliable framework creates uncertainty that chills classroom discourse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

This paradox raised a fundamental question: how can the planet's solid center appear firm yet strangely pliable?

From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025

Eventually, it becomes pliable enough to pick off ground balls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

UCLA’s defense was too pliable in allowing the Illini to shoot 50.9% on the way to ending the Bruins’ seven-game winning streak.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025

Finally, as the light faded, they fastened the mats of bark onto the willow frame, a half skeleton of pliable saplings.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich




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