as in inflexible
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Recent Examples of inelastic
Its services are essential, making demand relatively inelastic even during economic downturns.
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Gurufocus, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
There’s no easy substitute for eggs, which makes demand for them inelastic — meaning consumers and businesses generally buy the same amount no matter the cost.
—Alexandra Byrne, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025
These deep inelastic scattering experiments showed, experimentally, that there were indeed individual structures inside the proton, and that individual fundamental particles (like electrons) would scatter off of them in different ways.
—Big Think, 16 Jan. 2025
This interaction generates inelastic Raman signals that can be used to identify different substances.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
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Gurufocus, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
There’s no easy substitute for eggs, which makes demand for them inelastic — meaning consumers and businesses generally buy the same amount no matter the cost.
—Alexandra Byrne, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025
These deep inelastic scattering experiments showed, experimentally, that there were indeed individual structures inside the proton, and that individual fundamental particles (like electrons) would scatter off of them in different ways.
—Big Think, 16 Jan. 2025
This interaction generates inelastic Raman signals that can be used to identify different substances.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inelastic
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Excessive workloads, inflexible hours, and constant connectivity erode mental health, and no amount of lunchtime yoga can make up for that.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Many other barriers slow innovation and competitiveness in Europe much more than regulations do: the continent’s fragmented digital single market, lack of deep and integrated capital markets, restrictive immigration policies, inflexible labor markets, and risk-averse entrepreneurial culture.—
ANU BRADFORD,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Apr. 2025
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The company still relies on carriers for a portion of its deliveries, including the U.S. Postal Service, which is traditionally relied on for shipments to costlier and less dense rural areas.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
30 Apr. 2025
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But liquid water is, unusually, denser than its solid icy form.—
Robin George Andrews,
Quanta Magazine,
25 Apr. 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
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Assad responded then with unbending violence, and the revolt turned into a bloody civil war that tore the country apart.—
Sarah Dadouch,
Washington Post,
25 Aug. 2023
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These Steve Madden platform sneakers feature thick, cushioned soles that provide extra height without sacrificing comfort.—
Jené Luciani Sena,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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About the question, remember thick newspapers and magazines dense with ads?—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Of course the roof provides protection from mid-day rays, but four heavy duty curtains add 360-degree coverage when needed, and can be tied up when not in use.—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Everyone would keep the secret and move on with this heavy burden?—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In his side pack, officers found 50 grams of compressed fentanyl, $1,126 in cash, and a revolver.—
Jason Motlagh,
Rolling Stone,
27 Apr. 2025
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In sectors such as healthcare, compressed timelines heighten the pressure to innovate without compromising safety, security or privacy.—
Ed Gaudet,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 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 4 May. 2025.
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