contoured

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Boone’s design, patented in 1892, was narrow and curved, rather than wide and flat, allowing garments to be slipped over the board, and making it far easier to iron sleeves and contoured bodices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The quoted language is aimed at the Supreme Court’s requirement that restrictions on speech to protect judicial proceedings be contoured no more broadly than required to meet the threat.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2023

But the heart of the product remains its flexible, contoured foot bed, produced in Germany.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2023

"They're not treating wrinkles or lax skin. They want less girth to their neck, a slimmer, more contoured neck," said Scot Glasberg, president-elect of Plastic Surgery Foundation, who practices in New York.

From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2023

As the first-stage fuel tanks emptied, the G forces increased and pushed us back into our contoured seats at five times our normal weight.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins