as in inflexible
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Recent Examples of inelastic
Less sensitivity to trade wars, relatively inelastic demand, and accelerating free cash flow growth are good reasons to like the stock.
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Michael Khouw, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
The accompanying comments include discussion of retaliatory tariffs, inelastic markets and, well, price-earnings ratios.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
And so the question is, is supply inelastic or not?
—ABC News, 6 Apr. 2025
Its services are essential, making demand relatively inelastic even during economic downturns.
—Gurufocus, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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Michael Khouw, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
The accompanying comments include discussion of retaliatory tariffs, inelastic markets and, well, price-earnings ratios.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
And so the question is, is supply inelastic or not?
—ABC News, 6 Apr. 2025
Its services are essential, making demand relatively inelastic even during economic downturns.
—Gurufocus, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inelastic
Adjective
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This inflexible posture, which overwhelmingly favors the left, is at the root of everything wrong with our modern news media.—
Becket Adams,
National Review,
25 May 2025
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Lack of flexibility: A party that insists on multiple revisions during negotiation might prove to be inflexible.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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Editor’s picks The world itself is lively, if not exactly dense.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2025
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In Puerto Rico earlier in the week, the cloud was dense and caused hazy skies, according to the National Weather Service in San Juan.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Obama’s second-term quest at a border bill similarly crashed into unbending opposition.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
2 June 2025
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In many parts of the developing world, China has come to be seen as a rapacious and unbending creditor, not so different from the Western multinational corporations and lenders that sought to collect on bad debts in decades past.—
Michael Bennon,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Aug. 2023
Adjective
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In her papers, there were thick scrapbooks of Christmas cards, many from fellow-celebrities—Berg clearly adored Christmas.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Jane is heard asking the male escort to wear a condom, but is interrupted by Combs, whose voice appears thick and slurred, as music pulsed in the background.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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This international window will be too soon to judge the new manager, but heavy expectations will be waiting around the corner for Ancelotti, and come the September and October internationals Brazil fans will expect big improvements for their side after a recent humbling by Argentina.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Its presence increases air pockets and channels in the soil, which increases porosity in heavy clay or compact soils and helps the soil drain better.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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Avoid using metal objects or compressed air directly into the port.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2025
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Coughlin Associates estimates that about 180 Exabytes of compressed, 2.5X native, capacity of magnetic tape was shipped in 2024.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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The passenger door opened and a thickset man with a short beard and mustache got out.—
Jamie Quatro,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Aug. 2024
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There’s a thickset dashboard dotted with prominent air vents and a thick, smooth center section that connects the door panels.—
Andrew Wendler,
Car and Driver,
8 Aug. 2023
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“Inelastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inelastic. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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