elasticity
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“My judgment of the volumes and elasticities is a bit higher than this.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
General Mills is "planning for volume elasticities to increase" over the course of the year, it said, and expects input cost inflation to touch about 14% in fiscal 2023 from 8% in the reported year.
From Reuters • Jun. 29, 2022
With customers itching to spend, and many sitting on savings built up with help from U.S. government stimulus programs, CEOs often pointed to “low elasticities of demand.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2022
She cited both the perceived change in labor supply elasticities for women as well as adjustment to using post-tax income.
From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2021
The chief of these concerned the social elasticities of women.
From The Turmoil, a novel by Tarkington, Booth
Vocabulary lists containing elasticity
Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Middle School
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Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Introductory
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Engineering - Introductory
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