stickiness

Example Sentences

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Molecular glue is a technology that promotes the stickiness of disease-causing proteins, allowing them to be degraded.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Lawrence Newman, chief executive of Beauty Tech Group, pointed to the city's five universities and "the stickiness of people wanting to live here post-university".

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

“It’s really starting to look like it could be, there could be some stickiness out there,” she says.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

What may be more alarming, regarding the future risks to inflation, is the potentially potent combination of pro-cyclical fiscal measures and loosening monetary policy at a time when inflation is showing signs of stickiness.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 28, 2025

It had none of the stickiness of other frozen stuff they’d tried to move before.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles