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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "quality of being flexible",
"word": "pagkahutukin"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kwaam-yʉ̂ʉt-yùn",
"sense": "quality of being flexible",
"word": "ความยืดหยุ่น"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "quality of being flexible",
"word": "esneklik"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "quality of being flexible",
"word": "elastikiyet"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"flexibility"
],
"word": "flexibility"
}
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