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resilience

[ri-zil-yuhns, -zil-ee-uhns] / rɪˈzɪl yəns, -ˈzɪl i əns /
NOUN
elasticity
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Professor Lucy Chappell, chief scientific adviser at the Department of Health and Social Care and chief executive officer of the National Institute for Health and Care Research, said the trial was "bolstering our pandemic resilience".

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

“We see the cost resilience in iron ore, byproduct tailwinds in copper and U.S.-Midwest premium tailwind in aluminum as positives from the quarter,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

That fresh sign of consumer resilience is expected to be enough to deliver robust economic growth for the first quarter.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

“Therefore the resilience we’ve seen across multiple asset classes makes more sense than it might first appear, and isn’t just a sign of complacency.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin




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