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elastic

[ih-las-tik] / ɪˈlæs tɪk /




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Premeditation appears to be an elastic concept in Baker County.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

The walls of the sacs contain resilin, an unusually elastic material found in many insects.

From Science Daily Jul. 27, 2026

More than 1,200 school districts and states like New Mexico and Massachusetts are pressing a far more elastic theory—public nuisance, one of the oldest torts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Over subsequent releases – the exuberant Shooting Star, external, or the braggadocious Woke Up, external – they crystallised a musical vision that fused sci-fi aesthetics to the elastic grooves of 90s R&B.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

It was as if she were made of liquid and elastic.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

Practically overnight, I had to adjust to how my new glasses slid down my nose and the way the elastics tethered to my braces snapped like rubber bands in a junk drawer.

From Salon Apr. 3, 2025

So silk scrunchies are a go-to at home: “They don’t pull or snag” the way other hair elastics would, she says.

From Washington Post Sep. 16, 2022

She said: "That's not my jaw and neck in real life - and I can't walk around with tape and elastics everywhere."

From BBC Aug. 19, 2022

In the mornings, it took no small effort for Avril to pull the hair back from her face and impose a kind of order on it with elastics and hair grips.

From The Guardian Mar. 9, 2021

The well elastics words down, then catapults echoes up.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell




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