inertia
Example Sentences
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Because of this enormous planetary inertia, scientists expect sea levels to keep rising for many centuries.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
Drake understands that the inertia of superstardom in this surprisingly stagnant quarter-century will protect him.
From Salon • May 21, 2026
That prefix would also have to remind the AI to obey the laws of physics with wording like: “gravity and inertia respected—mass has real weight, correct contact shadows, no floating props.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Even if the state awards more funding for the tribe’s restoration efforts, he said, interruptions to science damage trust and relationships — creating setbacks and inertia that are difficult to recover from.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
The proposal was met with bureaucratic inertia and with skepticism from scientists, but the idea persisted in Dr. Knipling’s mind.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing inertia
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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The Things They Carried
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"The Hill We Climb," by Amanda Gorman
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