inelastic

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Recent Examples of inelastic Its services are essential, making demand relatively inelastic even during economic downturns. 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 See All Example Sentences for inelastic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inelastic
Adjective
  • What Maryland public school systems need is not the inflexible conformity demanded by such plans.
    Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2025
  • This could unlock new capabilities in soft robots, which operate more mechanically because they are fitted with inflexible components.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This layer also contains Earth’s oceanic crust — a thinner and denser layer below the oceans — and the continental crust that sits above this layer.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The good news As solar cycle 25 is set to weaken soon, the high-energy proton soup around the planet will soon get denser again.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • These Steve Madden platform sneakers feature thick, cushioned soles that provide extra height without sacrificing comfort.
    Jené Luciani Sena, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • In the center of the group stood a tall woman with long, thick hair, an easy smile, and a very pregnant midsection.
    Danielle Pergament, Allure, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • On Tuesday afternoon, heavy machinery — two yellow excavators — were at work filling buckets of the remains of those homes, dropping them into trucks to be hauled away.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Only problem was, the stars no longer shone, and the smell of impending rain was heavy in the air.
    Thomas Weddle, Outdoor Life, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The most powerful performance —compressed, sorrowful — comes from The Matrix's Joe Pantoliano.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Flexible work arrangements—Negotiate for remote work options, a compressed workweek or flexible hours that support work-life balance.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The passenger door opened and a thickset man with a short beard and mustache got out.
    Jamie Quatro, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
  • 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 30 Apr. 2025.

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