elastic
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Once solidified, it becomes a soft, elastic material with a texture comparable to that of a conventional balloon.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
During Walmart’s earnings call, executives said it has already seen some market-share gains from its move to cut prices, showing demand for those goods was elastic, or sensitive, to price changes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
His wrapper had come undone to reveal a pair of white shorts with a frayed elastic band at the waist.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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
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
"Tights must not be coloured, hair must not be dyed, the colour of hair elastics is fixed, and they must not be worn on the wrist," she says.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2019
She had braces, and the elastics were pink, the same as her hair.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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