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contortionist

noun

Definition of contortionist

as in gymnast

a performer who twists his or her body into unusual positions The circus included a contortionist who could put both feet behind her head.

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Recent Examples of contortionist Last week’s contortionist archer. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 1 May 2026 Highlight play Alexander-Walker channeled his inner contortionist in the second quarter. — Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 24 Jan. 2026 They’ve been exhibited at some of the world’s most prominent museums and enliven Española Way in Miami Beach, where his hanging aluminum contortionists marked the 20th anniversary of Art Basel in 2022. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Dec. 2025 And the bubbly contortionist, 42, might have set a trend with those one-of-a-kind movements. — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for contortionist

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gymnast

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First to Fly by Rodrigo Vazquez Salessi follows two young gymnasts who became the first athletes in the history of Qatar and their respective countries to compete at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026
Ahmed arranged for the Dane—a twenty-four-year-old gymnast—to go into Syria under her guidance.

— Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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