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Recent Examples of inelastic
Strategically target the products that are the least price sensitive (inelastic items).
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Rohit Arora, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
But for many enterprise use cases, the demand is relatively inelastic (e.g, having cheaper models doesn’t increase the demand for health consultations with doctors).
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
If sales remain steady despite a price hike, demand is inelastic.
—Lauren Parker, Sourcing Journal, 29 Apr. 2025
Second, infrastructure assets provide essential services with inherently inelastic demand.
—Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Rohit Arora, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
But for many enterprise use cases, the demand is relatively inelastic (e.g, having cheaper models doesn’t increase the demand for health consultations with doctors).
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
If sales remain steady despite a price hike, demand is inelastic.
—Lauren Parker, Sourcing Journal, 29 Apr. 2025
Second, infrastructure assets provide essential services with inherently inelastic demand.
—Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inelastic
Adjective
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The traditional client-vendor dynamic, defined by retainers, inflexible scopes and long approval cycles, no longer matches the speed or complexity of today’s business environment.—
Humphrey Ho,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Inevitably there will be the school that has strict rules about what students can wear on campus—rules that might feel inflexible and restricting to a kid whose identity is still developing.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
29 July 2025
Adjective
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Open star clusters typically reside in the dense spiral arms of the Milky Way, where the gravity of passing stars can tug at their outermost members, pulling them apart over the course of millions of years.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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In extremely dense fog where visibility is near zero, the best course of action is to first turn on your hazard lights, then simply pull into a safe location such as a parking lot of a local business, and stop.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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That narcissism, combined with a lack of understanding regarding the risks of the Titan, resulted in an unbending belief in his own creation.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
11 June 2025
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Obama’s second-term quest at a border bill similarly crashed into unbending opposition.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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Each Jesse & Ben’s fry is three-eights of an inch thick.—
Andrew Watman,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Add a generous pour of dry white wine around (not on top of) the chicken, and roast for 45 to 55 minutes at 350°F, or until a meat thermometer inserted in the center of one of the thickest pieces of meat reads 145°F.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In October 2004, Havering Council, the local government body for the Havering borough, issued an enforcement notice, demanding the owner stop adding waste to the site or face heavy fines.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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If traditional denim feels too heavy for a Euro Summer trip, consider swapping it for linen blends.—
Andre Claudio,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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For the next few years, as the World Wide Web emerged, websites were measured in kilobytes, images were small and compressed, and video was essentially impossible.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 Aug. 2025
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Ultimately, your pitch deck is the compressed narrative of your ambition.—
Elena Volotovskaya,
Forbes.com,
8 July 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 21 Aug. 2025.
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