Jonathan Maberry

My favorite monster has always been the zombie. They are so much fun. They can be scary, pathetic, sad, funny, tragic, even heroic. They are the most elastic monster because, even with all of that, they don't interfere with telling stories about the humans. They serve as threats and metaphors, but they allow the story to be about people.

American Author

John C. Calhoun

I am aware how difficult is the task to preserve free institutions over so wide a space and so immense a population, but we are blessed with a Constitution admirably calculated to accomplish it. Its elastic power is unequaled, which is to be attributed to its federal character.

American Statesman

Tom Noddy

First I got a yo-yo. I got good and then I got bored. Next I got one of those wooden paddles with a rubber ball at the end of an elastic band. I got good and then I got bored. Then I tried bubbles. I got good but I never got bored.

American Entertainer

Barbra Streisand

I always wear the same thing at home. I can't be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.

American Actress

Susie Dent

The term 'psychological thriller' is an elastic one these days, tagged liberally on to any story of suspense that explores motivations while keeping blood and chainsaws to a minimum.

English Scientist

Theresa Tam

If you can get a cotton material like a T-shirt, you cut it up, you fold it and put elastic bands around it - this is a non-medical facial covering.

Canadian Public Servant

Hiro Murai

Part of the fun is finding out how elastic that box is and, you know, test the limits of what TV shows can do or what a music video can do.

American Director

Patti Smith

The thing is that as you grow through life, the pursuit of art and the pursuit of new ideas, all these things keeps your mind elastic.

American Musician

Marcel Proust

The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it.

French Author

Yoko Ono

Reality can be elastic, and I want to see how elastic it can be, you know?

American Artist

Relate 'elastic' to physical objects that can stretch, like rubber bands or leggings.

Physical Properties

'Elastic' implies durability since the object returns to its shape even after stress.

Durability Aspect

Clothes described as 'elastic' should fit various body shapes comfortably.

Clothing Fit

The noun 'elastic' often refers to materials in products that need to stretch, like hair ties.

Versatile Use

'Elastic' as a noun is commonly used in sewing and crafting contexts.

Handcraft Projects

Economic contexts use 'elastic' to describe a system's ability to recover from changes.

Recovery Strength

In business, 'elastic' hints at adjusting to changes without permanent damage or loss.

Change Adaptation

In economics, 'elastic' is used when price changes greatly affect demand or supply.

Price Sensitivity

Understanding 'elasticity' helps in predicting how market changes affect consumer behavior.

Market Analysis

 So a simple geometrical system that kind of coordinates a bit the internal movement of the segments. A second property of cat limbs is that they are very lightweight. Most of the muscles are in the trunk, which is a good idea, because then the limbs have low inertia and can be moved very rapidly. The last final important property is this very elastic behavior of the cat limb,

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 But what if the repulsive force is so strong that it stretches the rubber band past its elastic limit, and actually tears it? If the expansion of the universe continues to accelerate, it will eventually overcome not only the gravitational force – tearing apart galaxies and solar systems–

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 passed the classes I would graduate well in this pathology class we had a collage that we all had to turn in and you could not pass this class unless you did the collage well the whole semester goes by and I of course hadn't even started my collage and elastic comes and the

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 with the exception of my physical therapy sessions. I had to do what seemed like innumerable repetitions of exercises with these thick, elastic bands -- different colors, you know -- to help build up my leg muscles, and I hated these bands more than anything --

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 and enables the snakes to devour large prey. Flexibility is also aided by pythons' lower right and left jaw bones. Unlike mammals which have one solid lower jawbone, pythons lower jaws are made of two bones linked by an elastic ligament.

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 that this silk from the the European cave spider is actually one of the most elastic silks in the animal kingdom. Oh, really? Oh, amazing. Look at that. Yeah, it's coming off that. Do you want to put this one back? We'll pop them back.

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 that supports and moves the vocal cords, or, as they’re more accurately known, the vocal folds. Strung between the thyroid and arytenoid cartilages, these two muscles form an elastic curtain that opens and shuts across the trachea,

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 waiting to be discovered. A spider also has great secrets, because spiders' silk thread is pound for pound stronger than steel but completely elastic. This journey will take us all the way down to the nano world.

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 a feeling of maddening dissatisfaction said to blow in from the great plains. The most recent developments in cognitive science show that emotions are not simple reflexes, but immensely complex, elastic systems

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 by two of the body's most important and delicate organs. The lungs are two major components of the respiratory system. Soft, light, and elastic, these organs are prime for taking in and filling up with air.