elastic

Example Sentences

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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

Diagnostic standards can be elastic, and states provide little oversight of providers and pay claims without requiring verification of treatment or benefits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 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

And at the very moment he did turn back around, time snapped like a stretched elastic band.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el