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- adjective Capable of being
spun .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of being spun into fibres
- adjective capable or susceptible to being influenced by biased information
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Examples
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Each article should either be basic or in "spinnable" format and have to be at least 75% original.
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Each article should either be basic or in "spinnable" format and have to be at least 75% original.
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JOBS REPORT: GOVERNMENT JOBS ON THE WANE, REPUBLICANS UPSET - One of the least spinnable job reports in recent memory was released this morning.
HUFFPOST HILL - Obama To Outline Immigration Overhaul Eliot Nelson 2011
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Despite the fact that he was traveling, climate denial blogger Anthony Watts somehow managed to identify and post the key most spinnable emails out of thousands within hours of the illegal posting.
Shawn Lawrence Otto: Herman Cain Joins Mad Tea Party Shawn Lawrence Otto 2011
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Is the former simply a spinnable result and the latter an unspinnable result?
Michael Brenner: Talking to the Taliban: The Fog of Peace 2010
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They also often seem to adhere to what I call the Zen Teflon approach to spinnable events: "if you act as if you are teflon and believe you are teflon, you will * be* teflon."
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This knowledge is nothing new and the fact that the area is populated by crack zombies from 3-5 has always afforded a good source of spinnable subjects to get some good possession with intent arrests.
Hot Spots and Foolishness « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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I don't remember the last European elections being so closely watched and dissected; they're being seen now as something of a referendum on the credit crisis and the government's handling of it, and of the MPs expenses thing, and both those things are spinnable.
June 9th, 2009 2009
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Now it seems Jindal\'s office is digging its own grave trying to spin the un-spinnable. '
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Jindal Admits Katrina Story Was A Bold-Faced Lie - Digs Hole With Spin 2009
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Now it seems Jindal's office is digging its own grave trying to spin the un-spinnable.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Jindal Admits Katrina Story Was A Bold-Faced Lie - Digs Hole With Spin 2009
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