structural

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In addition to producers’ wildcatter spirit, there was a structural reason: U.S. producers kept finding ways to produce more oil out of the same drill length.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Some of the reasons secretaries of state have made poor presidential candidates of late are structural.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

The data, instead, show a “crisis-driven liquidation by a handful of countries under severe currency pressure. It is not a structural shift away from gold reserves.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Forest Service, which recently underwent a sweeping structural overhaul.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Stress of weather combined with structural fatigue a possibility, but conjecture.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel