elastic

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Lewis established one rhythm after another, each authoritative but also elastic and ever-shifting, often in answer to what one or another musician did.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

"This suggests that many other elastic liquids might also break at a relatively similar critical stress point," Lima said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

"Missile range is an elastic thing - in that if you put a lighter warhead on a missile, you can extend its range," he told the BBC.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Hanson crossed Redwood Creek on a fallen log at the northern edge of the high severity burn, an elastic term that generally means an area where most of the trees are dead.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

It looked almost exactly like mine: parted in the middle with a Goody elastic on each plump, twisted ponytail.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce