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inertia

[in-ur-shuh, ih-nur-] / ɪnˈɜr ʃə, ɪˈnɜr- /


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Inertia is the easiest and most likely choice in any polity, and sometimes not even a crisis is enough to dislodge a dysfunctional status quo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Lowerson said in an interview with the Inertia that she entered the Huntington Beach contest to have fun.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2024

Inertia is a property of humanity, and it hurts people.

From Salon • Dec. 30, 2021

Inertia on the issue of cats will lead to further extinctions.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2019

“On the Mass and Inertia of the Tesseract,” which in the Philosophical Journal had caused a controversy.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 by Various




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