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resilience

[ri-zil-yuhns, -zil-ee-uhns] / rɪˈzɪl yəns, -ˈzɪl i əns /
NOUN
elasticity
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The new chief heat officer will “advance Mayor Bass’s Climate Action Plan,” Sterling said, which includes developing the city’s heat action and resilience plan, expanding tree canopies and implementing citywide cooling strategies.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

“They are being exposed at a moment when their resilience is only just beginning to grow, because they are still children,” von der Leyen said at a conference in Copenhagen on Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Despite the scale of the disaster, many archaeological sites point to human resilience rather than collapse.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

President and CEO Amin H. Nasser said the result reflected "resilience and operational flexibility in a complex geopolitical environment".

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

She weathered the buffets of history with resilience—but she weathered the buffets of heredity with something more than resilience: a grace that we, as her descendants, can only hope to emulate.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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