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

It’s pliable enough to reshape for months, but firm enough not to melt or crack under studio lights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025

If you can square those actions with Hernández’s pardon and not throw your back out in the process you’re either more pliable than most or willfully obtuse.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2025

She wants everyone to be pliable and easy to control.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth