pliable

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Unlike the soft, pliable versions of the Christ child in his early Madonnas, this is a monumental, muscular putto, using his strength to hold that garland aloft.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Humans are suggestible creatures with extremely pliable memories.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2025

This paradox raised a fundamental question: how can the planet's solid center appear firm yet strangely pliable?

From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025

Eventually, it becomes pliable enough to pick off ground balls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

He was wearing a white button-down shirt, faded Levi’s with threadbare knees, pliable gold-framed spectacles that wrapped around his ears.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri