elastic

Example Sentences

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Hanson crossed Redwood Creek on a fallen log at the northern edge of the high severity burn, an elastic term that generally means an area where most of the trees are dead.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

The question both companies are now racing to answer is just how elastic consumer demand is in the obesity market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

"I've always said my success has been the equivalent of stretching an elastic band from Stoke-on-Trent to the Moon. Well, I reckon the elastic band just got longer, and now it's orbiting Venus."

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

But if your elastic wrapping paper has a pattern on it, stretching it this way will distort the pattern, enlarging some parts and not others.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026

She was wearing pink pajamas, and her hair was pulled back with an elastic band.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson