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movable

[moo-vuh-buhl] / ˈmu və bəl /


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Irish-born, France-based architect and designer Eileen Gray gets her own gallery, which includes her late-1920s movable table, comprising two circular platforms held together by a bent-rectangle handle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Bishop placed movable cameras with different focal lengths on opposite sides of the ring to capture the action, almost always with the ropes visible in the foreground.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

The memories of Linda McCartney, Wings’ mainstay Denny Laine, and former lead guitarist Jimmy McCulloch—all of whom are now deceased—are well-represented here, as is the movable feast of musicians who filled out Wings’ ranks.

From Salon • Nov. 3, 2025

He, his bus, its 20 passengers and one conductor were on the edge of the southern bascule - a movable section of road - which was continuing to rise.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2024

In 1623, when the First Folio was printed, every page had to be set up for the press by hand, using tiny metal letters called movable type.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield