resistance
Example Sentences
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There’s a theory many chart watchers subscribe to about how the roles of technical support and resistance can reverse.
From MarketWatch
This finding suggests that viscosity, or a liquid's resistance to flow, plays a much larger role in its mechanical behavior than scientists previously believed.
From Science Daily
Consumer resistance — or indifference — to AI slop, however, suggests that people still seek in entertainment some emotional or intellectual connection with human creators, which AI may be unable to replicate.
From Los Angeles Times
It offers no resistance, its roots tiny, pathetic.
From Literature
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It almost seemed as if these humans sensed the Afterlife realms—some unconscious part of them guiding them along the path of least resistance.
From Literature
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