as in flexible
able to bend easily without breaking
the kids love to use bendy straws
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Recent Examples of bendy
That is an understandable consequence of that bad knee injury, but also of a general slowing down, the bendy-legged glory years fading into the haze of memory.
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Jack Lang, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
Gummy, bendy, jelly products are in for 2026.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2025
Even though one model is rigid and the other is bendy, both showed similar trends in how water changes with pressure, and those trends matched what experiments found.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025
At the time, the character was 17 and owed his bendy superpowers to eating a mythical fruit.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
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Jack Lang, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
Gummy, bendy, jelly products are in for 2026.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2025
Even though one model is rigid and the other is bendy, both showed similar trends in how water changes with pressure, and those trends matched what experiments found.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025
At the time, the character was 17 and owed his bendy superpowers to eating a mythical fruit.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bendy
Adjective
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Suburban growth accelerated during COVID, McShane said, especially with flexible working options.—
John Marks,
Charlotte Observer,
14 May 2026
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Company leaders said the expansion reflects growing demand for smaller, more flexible grocery footprints in urban areas.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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Cooking utensils and small mounds of clothes are kept in plastic bags or heaped on the ground.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
16 May 2026
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Because the loft was built directly above the entryway, the family had to weave through plastic barriers, ladders and workers to move through the home.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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There’s Staud’s pretty poplin style that looks effortless with sleek strappy sandals and a floppy sun hat, or Merlette’s artful wrap dress that strikes a subtle statement on date nights and post-work cocktail hours alike.—
Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
11 May 2026
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Two sixth-grade boys appeared, one tall and floppy-haired, the other wiry and blond.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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“Bendy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bendy. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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