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elastic

[ih-las-tik] / ɪˈlæs tɪk /




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The team used mathematical models to explain how these unusual elastic effects may arise at the atomic level.

From Science Daily Jul. 16, 2026

Some of his most popular designs are the backless halter tops with an elastic chest and waist area trimmed with a silky lace, as well as scrunched crop-top jerseys.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

Segar’s misfit cast: As ever, Popeye is a muscle-bound mumbler and Olive Oyl an elastic lass.

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026

Woodring wrote he remains “cautious” that strength in the first half of the fiscal year leads to “more elastic demand” and weaker second half earnings.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

They’d be hard to get into; they’d have a sort of elastic rind, like a balloon.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Practically overnight, I had to adjust to how my new glasses slid down my nose and the way the elastics tethered to my braces snapped like rubber bands in a junk drawer.

From Salon Apr. 3, 2025

So silk scrunchies are a go-to at home: “They don’t pull or snag” the way other hair elastics would, she says.

From Washington Post Sep. 16, 2022

She said: "That's not my jaw and neck in real life - and I can't walk around with tape and elastics everywhere."

From BBC Aug. 19, 2022

In the mornings, it took no small effort for Avril to pull the hair back from her face and impose a kind of order on it with elastics and hair grips.

From The Guardian Mar. 9, 2021

Other waiters wore readymade bows attached to elastics.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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