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Recent Examples of flexure
The colon's transverse section lies horizontally, and the splenic flexure (where the colon curves sharply beneath the lower end of the spleen) is located in the LUQ.
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Joy Emeh, Health, 19 Sep. 2024
Flex cracking is due to excessive circuit board flexure.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2018
How much cleavage, compression, flexure, impact, tension, or shear is required to break the plane of a Titebond bond?
—Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022
Processes such as hydrofracture and flexure remain understudied, and ice-sheet models do not yet include realistic treatment of these processes.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2021
Joy Emeh, Health, 19 Sep. 2024
Flex cracking is due to excessive circuit board flexure.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2018
How much cleavage, compression, flexure, impact, tension, or shear is required to break the plane of a Titebond bond?
—Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022
Processes such as hydrofracture and flexure remain understudied, and ice-sheet models do not yet include realistic treatment of these processes.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flexure
Noun
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The NFTs can be accessed on a mobile device and users can watch them on a loop.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
24 May 2025
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Those looking for more mileage and elevation can continue on a 15-mile loop to the spectacular Bridal Veil Falls, Colorado’s tallest free-falling waterfall that plunges 365 feet down sheer cliffs.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
23 May 2025
Noun
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The magnetic cable coils around the charging puck and holds firmly in place.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
27 May 2025
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This popular pick, which is currently $400 off in the queen size, has two layers of responsive foam, individual coils that contour to your body, and a sturdy base that ensures lasting durability.—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
23 May 2025
Noun
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What is the point of keeping La Jolla in its fold if the city cannot maintain it?—
Ted Levis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 May 2025
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In shapes designed to cover expression lines, frown lines, crow’s feet, and nasolabial folds, the patches have been clinically proven to reduce the appearance of wrinkles between the brows.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Royals said kids can begin lining up in the eighth inning on the first-base spiral near Gate D on the Plaza Level.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
26 May 2025
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Bond yields are reaching 20-year highs amid the realization in financial markets that many of the budget cuts in the House bill are gimmicks and the deficit spiral will mostly continue.—
The Editors,
National Review,
23 May 2025
Noun
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This particular pair, however, was decorated with a wide buckle on the instep and a kitten heel that reminds us of the ones Paris and Nicole wore in the 2000s.—
Marilú Almaguer,
Glamour,
25 May 2025
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The glossy leather design featured a central strap running from toe to ankle, fastened at the sides with a buckle.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Fans want fun— and the newest sports are delivering it by blending familiar formats with bold, inventive twists.—
John Cairney,
Sportico.com,
24 May 2025
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This three-ingredient cocktail is as easy as can be and lends itself to many creative twists.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
24 May 2025
Noun
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During the conversation, the pair discussed their favorite foods, fame, pre-show routines, acting, and the sometimes long, winding process of making an album.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
16 May 2025
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Voters picked it for its large lazy river and winding slides.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2025
Noun
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These convolutions come across as brand management to the point of wish fulfillment; did a Fleischer Studios executive give the note that under no circumstances must the musical imply that Betty Boop is anything else than universally adored?—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
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Yet in some of her works, including her 1980 novel, Woman Running in the Mountains, this break with convention comes to feel liberatory, like the promise of something wild and deep that allows the body to survive the convolutions of history.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Flexure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flexure. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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