elastic

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Exercises using elastic bands, bodyweight movements, or simple at home routines can still produce measurable gains in strength, muscle size, and daily function.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 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

Before the start of each season, ski jumpers are measured using 3D body scanners, in which they must wear only "elastic, body-tight underwear".

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

He slips around my wrist a tag, purple, on an elastic band, like the tags for airport luggage.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood