elastic
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The team used mathematical models to explain how these unusual elastic effects may arise at the atomic level.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
It uses low-stretch climbing ropes that convert the fall into a horizontal, pendulum swing, while bungee jumping uses an elastic rubber cord that creates a vertical, bouncing effect.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
For a revolutionary new technology like AI with so many potential applications, it is possible that the price elasticity of demand will be highly elastic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Woodring wrote he remains “cautious” that strength in the first half of the fiscal year leads to “more elastic demand” and weaker second half earnings.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Her wiry young body, nourished by Barbados fruits and sunshine, had an elastic vitality, and she was back on her feet while Judith was still barely sitting up to sip her gruel.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
Practically overnight, I had to adjust to how my new glasses slid down my nose and the way the elastics tethered to my braces snapped like rubber bands in a junk drawer.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2025
So silk scrunchies are a go-to at home: “They don’t pull or snag” the way other hair elastics would, she says.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022
She said: "That's not my jaw and neck in real life - and I can't walk around with tape and elastics everywhere."
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2022
In the mornings, it took no small effort for Avril to pull the hair back from her face and impose a kind of order on it with elastics and hair grips.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 9, 2021
The well elastics words down, then catapults echoes up.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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