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elasticity

[ih-la-stis-i-tee, ee-la-stis-] / ɪ læˈstɪs ɪ ti, ˌi læˈstɪs- /


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The study also looked at how much demand changes when price changes — demand elasticity — as a key part of figuring out job disruption from AI.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Until now, fracture has been considered a property of elasticity, which is a material's ability to store and withstand stress.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

The beauty of a sheet pan dinner is its elasticity — it flexes up and down depending on what’s in your pantry and how much energy you have left at 6:42 p.m.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

"Then there is a sort of price elasticity tolerance that if you put it up too much, no-one's going to pay it," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

I feel tapping and tugging and a vague sense my skin is being stretched beyond the limits of its elasticity.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin




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