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Recent Examples of inelastic
Those anxieties are based on the incorrect assumption that demand is fixed, or inelastic, and hence insensitive to price and cost changes.
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James Manyika and Michael Spence, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Suddenly these trends are making OECD demand even more inelastic.
Oil growth outside the OECD is primarily in India and China.
—Mark Le Dain, Forbes, 16 July 2023
But companies that sell consumer goods with inelastic demand (an unchanging demand regardless of the times) are usually a good option.
—Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
After inelastic response comes failure, which means the crust breaks, potentially producing conduits for magma to reach the surface ... in other words: eruption.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2023
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James Manyika and Michael Spence, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Suddenly these trends are making OECD demand even more inelastic.
Oil growth outside the OECD is primarily in India and China.
—Mark Le Dain, Forbes, 16 July 2023
But companies that sell consumer goods with inelastic demand (an unchanging demand regardless of the times) are usually a good option.
—Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
After inelastic response comes failure, which means the crust breaks, potentially producing conduits for magma to reach the surface ... in other words: eruption.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inelastic
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However, other advocates are concerned that eliminating these programs would force borrowers to rely on riskier private student loans that don’t qualify for IDR or loan forgiveness and typically have inflexible repayment terms.Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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The ratio of coffee to water is generally inflexible and too dilute.Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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Photo : Will Myers The swimming pool is positioned below the house, where it’s surrounded by dense greenery.Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2024
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Parts of the dense, equatorial mainland, as well as the islands that lay off the shore of the nascent capital, Cayenne, would be turned into labor camps and prisons for the most serious criminal offenders in mainland France.Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
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In many parts of the developing world, China has come to be seen as a rapacious and unbending creditor, not so different from the Western multinational corporations and lenders that sought to collect on bad debts in decades past.Michael Bennon, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
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Assad responded then with unbending violence, and the revolt turned into a bloody civil war that tore the country apart.Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
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Choosing heels with a thicker heel or platform can also provide more support and stability.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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The Chick-fil-A sauce, thick and gloppy and even sweeter, only made things worse.Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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At Boston’s Logan airport, inbound flights on average were delayed by more than two hours, and two dozens flights were canceled, according to FlightAware. Steamship Authority ferries to and from Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard were canceled as well, the service said, citing heavy winds.NBC Boston, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Health Challenges: Almost 40 percent of hospitals and health facilities in Syria are partly or completely non-functional, disrupting essential services or halting them altogether; displacement due to conflict or other crises exacts a heavy toll on children’s mental health.Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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The shift to a four-day workweek has sparked growing interest in the West, where some companies are beginning to explore compressed hours as a way to attract talent seeking better work-life balance.Chris Lau, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
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Despite the compressed calendar, Ohashi expects the strong performance to continue through December.David Moin, WWD, 1 Dec. 2024
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The passenger door opened and a thickset man with a short beard and mustache got out.Jamie Quatro, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
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There’s a thickset dashboard dotted with prominent air vents and a thick, smooth center section that connects the door panels.Andrew Wendler, Car and Driver, 8 Aug. 2023
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“Inelastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inelastic. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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