pliancy
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That pliancy is part of what makes the term fun to use, and also why applying it to anyone so freely is a futile exercise.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
Robert Plant’s feckless pliancy throughout is hard to square with the exploratory nature of his later work.
From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2021
Joe Rong, a native of Taishan in Guangdong Province, China, grinds rice daily in electric stone mills to achieve noodles of remarkable pliancy and earthiness.
From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2019
Over the years, he has honed an instinct for self-preservation through pliancy, deflection, and bemused forbearance.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 8, 2018
At the same time, her motions were not awkward; she managed her rectilinear body with a surprising ease and pliancy.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar
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