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Recent Examples of inelastic
Changes in demand greatly affect the price since supply is inelastic.
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William Jones, Ascend Agency, 30 Jan. 2026
Our analysis found that demand from overseas visitors to Yellowstone is highly inelastic.
—Tate Watkins, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2026
Virginia is a pretty inelastic, pretty politically stable state.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
The problem is one of a larger supply facing an inelastic demand — the situation in which a market’s willingness to buy different quantities does not vary much with regard to price.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
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William Jones, Ascend Agency, 30 Jan. 2026
Our analysis found that demand from overseas visitors to Yellowstone is highly inelastic.
—Tate Watkins, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2026
Virginia is a pretty inelastic, pretty politically stable state.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
The problem is one of a larger supply facing an inelastic demand — the situation in which a market’s willingness to buy different quantities does not vary much with regard to price.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inelastic
Adjective
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But lawmakers who chafed at being pushed around by the inflexible governor’s demands for the past eight years found their backbone just in time to do the wrong thing.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
30 May 2026
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These dishes are powerful but also inflexible.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 May 2026
Adjective
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Set in a quiet residential neighborhood, this intimate beachfront property (whose name mixes the owners’ first initials with the Dutch word for oasis) uses dense, vibrant landscaping and shutters and stone walls between guest rooms to create a cocooning feeling of privacy.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The installation, Unheimlich Manöver, 2007, consists of the entire contents of Liden’s former three-hundred-square-foot apartment in Stockholm, organized into a dense rectilinear mass as if placed in storage.—
Erika Landström,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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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Unlike thick denim, these pants have a summer-friendly fabric, so your legs can breathe instead of developing pools of sweat.—
Rylee Johnston,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
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That’s because its light must travel through a thicker layer of atmosphere near the horizon.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
Adjective
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But voters do have questions about public policy, especially in Iowa, an agriculture-heavy state that's felt the pinch of tariffs and the war in Iran — especially through high fertilizer costs.—
Stephen Fowler,
NPR,
31 May 2026
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But DeGette has more than held her own, reporting contributions approaching $1 million, including heavy support from political action committees.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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Vocals sound crisp and defined, but the mids in the track, including the synth melody and the thumping electronic beat, come across slightly compressed and flat.—
Kimberly Gedeon,
PC Magazine,
28 May 2026
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The Leadership Skill That Matters Now The hardest part of this transition to more compressed timelines is knowing when to stop.—
Lior Weinstein,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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As the Presidential election approached, Kabila was increasingly unpopular, and a viable opponent was found: Félix Tshisekedi, a thickset, pugnacious man who was the son of a prominent opposition leader.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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Even though thickset Mandarin characters on every wall extolled the virtues of the Chinese Dream, Xi Jinping's campaign to rejuvenate Chinese nationalism, the town had a frontier feel, as if Beijing's hawkeyed gaze hadn't yet crept over the moonscape mountains.—
Chris Schalkx,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Inelastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inelastic. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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