rigid

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These include building rigid DNA joints, incorporating flexible components, and using folding techniques inspired by origami.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

The litigation now before the court seeks to replace those practical decisions with a single rigid rule.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Historically a rigid, regional market, LNG transformed over two decades into an interconnected global commodity driven by flexible U.S. shale exports and specialized tankers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Qatari contracts are usually more rigid, said Ira Joseph, a senior research associate at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

The same rigid discipline held force on the plantation.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis