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resistive

[ri-zis-tiv] / rɪˈzɪs tɪv /


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"You clearly see near surface is saline water, 10 meters underneath is resistive freshwater. You see clearly it's everywhere."

From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026

“Deputy Kirk used a level of force that deputies across this country are trained and authorized to use when taking a resistive suspect into custody,” Wilson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026

The team’s array of seafloor electrodes, sensitive to the conductivity of water, captured a subducting seamount that appeared to have a conductive interior covered by a thin resistive crust.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 21, 2023

"If we start building communities and structures out of materials more resistive to fire, we are upping our odds of success — we've got to do something different and do it better."

From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2022

And I tried to be honest, even when circumstances and my own poor resistive force combined to direct me into the priesthood.

From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking


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