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flex

[fleks] / flɛks /


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It’s definitely, for me, a new muscle that I’m learning to use and explore and stretch and flex.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

His repeated attempts to flex expensive restaurant bills and hardman tough talk land like a waterlogged handkerchief after he’s spent song after song cataloging all the specific ways we’ve all hurt his feelings.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

Even Myers acknowledges that a key challenge in apparel is that it is "high flex" – in other words, you won't get very far if you just make white t-shirts.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Submarines helped cripple the Japanese economy late in World War II, he added, and the British used blockades centuries ago to flex their economic might.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

If I were to ask you to smile, you would flex your zygomatic major.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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