plasticity

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This flexibility is known as cancer cell plasticity.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Together they make up a perfectly valid alternate list, one that captures the glamour and romance of L.A. — as well as its lovable plasticity — just as well.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

The plasticity of digital information is superseding earlier modes of expression and expertise, as the printing press did the scribe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The term "synaptic plasticity" just means the ability of these connections to be strengthened or otherwise changed.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2025

That childhood is an honourable estate must be now evident; pregnant as it is with possibilities, pathetic in the risks associated with its plasticity and dependence.

From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various