double-jointed

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Recent Examples of double-jointed Some are double-jointed, some can bend their thumb all the way back, others can roll their tongue. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
  • And Ormund Hightower appears to be very capable at this particular game, which should come as no surprise given Otto was his uncle and the Hightowers are wildly rich and powerful.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • The powerful winds are capable of causing catastrophic damage to structures while downing trees and power lines, and producing prolonged power outages.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Adjective
  • The plebeians have plenty to be furious about, but their representatives, skilled at turning a crowd into a mob, seem hellbent on shoring up their own influence.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • It is stored in plain text in RAM and can theoretically be accessed by administrators, cloud operators, hypervisors, or highly skilled attackers through malware, insider threats, or side-channel attacks.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Adjective
  • Officials have grown increasingly concerned since Anthropic warned earlier this year that its Mythos model was adept at finding software flaws in a way that could be weaponized by malicious hackers and threaten critical computer networks around the world.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2026
  • Do this regularly; teenagers are adept at reversing settings the moment your back is turned.
    Dr. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Adjective
  • The Georgia Department of Public Health was able to use state funds to maintain its AIDS Drug Assistance Program without disruption until federal funds arrived, a spokeswoman for the agency said.
    Tamar Hallerman, AJC.com, 1 July 2026
  • And why hitters are still able to be successful when facing an average fastball velocity that's steadily increased year-over-year.
    Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
Adjective
  • With so many more girls proficient at flag football entering college age, the NAIA in 2020 was first to offer scholarships and implement logistics for the sport’s next phase.
    Tim Graham, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • The percentage of proficient students in grades 3 to 10 language arts climbed from 57% last year to 61% this year, while math proficiency for grades 3 to 8 climbed from 59% to 62%.
    Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026
Adjective
  • The actor is certainly qualified to share guidance, as he's been married to Rita Wilson for nearly four decades.
    Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
  • Duffy said the move was intended to hold states accountable for ensuring only qualified and properly vetted drivers were allowed behind the wheel of commercial trucks.
    Elaine Mallon , James Cirrone , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
Adjective
  • This highly competent, obsessive duo tumbles into a self-destructive cat-and-mouse dynamic — but who’s the cat and who’s the mouse?
    Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026
  • The burden of this rule will fall heaviest on first-generation and nontraditional students — the exact demographic necessary to build a culturally competent health care workforce.
    David S. Shapiro, STAT, 30 June 2026
Adjective
  • There’s likely to be grasping, resisting, skillful and futile efforts to swim and worry about what’s up ahead.
    Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • One of the few calls of the night was from Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault, ready to get his hands on the skillful point guard.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026

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“Double-jointed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double-jointed. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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