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twisting

[twis-ting] / ˈtwɪs tɪŋ /


ADJECTIVE
bending
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One striking example involves stacking sheets of graphene and twisting them into a moiré pattern, which can suddenly turn the material into a superconductor.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

What’s more, people can follow all sorts of twisting paths to success.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Poised on a colorful, carpeted platform in a gleaming leotard, with a hefty brown braid of hair falling over one shoulder, Folan would spend her program reaching, bending, breathing and twisting her limbs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

As a child, I spent so many nights playing tricks on myself, twisting the shadows from trees outside my window into the most terrifying images my mind could dream up.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

Dark clouds started swirling and bulging downward, lower and lower, like a giant, twisting finger pointing at the countryside.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown




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