elastic

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Lewis established one rhythm after another, each authoritative but also elastic and ever-shifting, often in answer to what one or another musician did.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Instead of melting, the rubber became strong and elastic.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

Hanson crossed Redwood Creek on a fallen log at the northern edge of the high severity burn, an elastic term that generally means an area where most of the trees are dead.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

"I've always said my success has been the equivalent of stretching an elastic band from Stoke-on-Trent to the Moon. Well, I reckon the elastic band just got longer, and now it's orbiting Venus."

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

I was too stunned to move, even as a young orangutan flung its elastic arms around my legs.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen