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resilience

[ri-zil-yuhns, -zil-ee-uhns] / rɪˈzɪl yəns, -ˈzɪl i əns /
NOUN
elasticity
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Modern bison management programs could improve their resilience to changing environmental conditions by maintaining the ability to adjust where and how animals are managed.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Actions by the world’s biggest oil producer—the U.S.—and its biggest importer—China—help explain this unexpected resilience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Climate resilience is a reason why Krull owns the $513 million Vert Global Sustainable Real Estate ETF.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

They underestimated the resilience, ruthlessness and guile of the Islamic regime.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

I admired their resilience, and I wished desperately that they didn’t need it so much.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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