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malleability

[mal-ee-uh-bil-i-tee] / ˌmæl i əˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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The malleability of the dog genome allows for enormous physical variety, she explained, meaning that breeders can push features to extremes—squashing snouts, piling on wrinkles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

A portrait of a body twice represented, Mehiel’s piece stressed the solidity and malleability of their own body, and the beauty they find within and around it.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

In the age of social media, its malleability makes it highly Instagrammable.

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2025

American politicians, journalists, and civil engineers have consistently underestimated the malleability of individual travel decisions.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2024

But more than the material nature of the gene, it was the sheer malleability of the genome—that X-rays could make such Silly Putty of genes—that stunned scientists.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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