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stretchy

[strech-ee] / ˈstrɛtʃ i /












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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

Scarring, or fibrosis, leaves the usually stretchy organ tight and constricted, meaning it is less able to fill with and hold urine.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

Stand out in a sea of stretchy polos and soulless chinos with attire that marries the look of nostalgic golf style with modern flourishes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 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

There are a lot of T-shirts, jeans, stretchy black pants.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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

An innovative plastic, stronger and stretchier than the current standard type and which can be healed with heat, remembers its shape and partially biodegradable, has been developed by researchers at the University of Tokyo.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2023

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

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




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