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elastic

[ih-las-tik] / ɪˈlæs tɪk /




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Premeditation appears to be an elastic concept in Baker County.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

The walls of the sacs contain resilin, an unusually elastic material found in many insects.

From Science Daily Jul. 27, 2026

He still has that elastic yogi’s body and can still slither across the baseline.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Over subsequent releases – the exuberant Shooting Star, or the braggadocious Woke Up – they crystallised a musical vision that fused sci-fi aesthetics to the elastic grooves of 90s R&B.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

In most habitats, Sapiens bands fed themselves in an elastic and opportunistic fashion.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

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

It was always done up with either elaborate braids that zigzagged over her scalp, or teeny poofy ponytails that sprouted all over her head, bound by bright pink and orange elastics with marble-size pom-poms.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda




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