stretchy
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Sales slowed, however, after ultra-low-rise stretchy jeans and premium denim gained popularity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
It was the aligot, a gloriously stretchy, cheese-laden French potato dish that’s every bit as decadent as it sounds.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
Awad had an unrelenting but self-deprecating sense of humor, and he loved his wife’s knafeh, the sweet, stretchy cheese Palestinian dessert.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
People using GLP-1s were likelier to buy stretchy athleisure gear and tended to join workout clubs and take up activities like jogging and dog-walking, the analysts said.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026
He whipped his stretchy arm toward his lost camera, reclaiming it.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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It is similar to the old-school, stiffer denim that was long used in jeans before denim makers started adding stretchier fabrics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
HSD can also cause gastrointestinal symptoms because the connective tissue within the digestive system is stretchier.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
"Experienced knitters can identify which fabrics are stretchier than others and have an intuition for its best application," she added.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024
Next, Mi wants to see whether he can engineer silkworms to make spider silks that are even stronger and stretchier.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 19, 2023
It’s also softer and stretchier than a regular sock.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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Rice has proved to be the stretchiest of stretch fours for the Hoyas.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2021
By contrast, as Mary notes, the allegedly formative relationship between Tony and Dickie never comes into satisfying focus, to the point where Dickie’s entire story feels like the stretchiest of retconned narratives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2021