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resilience

[ri-zil-yuhns, -zil-ee-uhns] / rɪˈzɪl yəns, -ˈzɪl i əns /
NOUN
elasticity
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"While that sounds like a good thing, for Central America that leads to a lot less rainfall and potentially drought conditions," said Liz Stephens, professor of climate risk and resilience at the University of Reading.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The Islamic Republic emerged from the war weakened in some respects but also with a stronger sense of its own resilience.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

These corporations were compared to each other across six different categories—AI readiness, innovation, talent readiness, financial fitness, resilience and agility—and scored on a 0-100 scale, with 50 as the mean.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Even so, energy continues to stand out for its resilience.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

There is another definition in which resilience means the ability to recover easily from adversity.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga




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