resistant
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As a group, these materials are strong, biocompatible, and resistant to both heat and corrosion.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Even so, many Western societies remain strongly resistant to entomophagy, or eating insects, despite the fact that hundreds of millions of people around the world already include insects in their diets.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
But US cattle and rancher groups have been resistant to importing more beef.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
These manmade chemicals are stable, resistant to extreme temperatures and pressures and have insulating properties.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The next year, nevertheless, flies were resistant to DDT and chlordane.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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