malleable

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Infant words whose meanings are still malleable pose little problem for the dictionary’s online database, since they can be updated whenever required.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

“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

But they’re also malleable; there’s no telling what might affect them, or what a child might carry with them throughout their life.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2025

By reframing age as something malleable, these tests motivate healthier choices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 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