stickiness

Example Sentences

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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

The stickiness problem reared its head soon after.

From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2025

This idea of the importance of stickiness in tipping has enormous implications for the way we regard social epidemics as well.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell