resilience
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Kelsey Ducklow, coastal resilience director for the Coastal Commission, said the agency has awarded millions in grants for local planners to study the threat to their communities and come up with plans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
"The important lesson is that these shocks will continue over time. So the most important lesson is that actually we should be building the resilience for the next three to five years," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The Seagulls showed great resilience to hold on at 1-0 with 10 men in their win against Sunderland last week and ended up scoring a second goal right at the end too.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
“The resilience of the U.S. economy raises the possibility that the neutral policy rate is higher than previously assumed,” said Julia Hermann, global market strategist at New York Life Investment Management.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
They didn’t have the strength, the attitude, or the resilience for certain kinds of pieces.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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