resilience
noun
the power or ability of a material to return to its original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.
resiliency
-
a variation of
resilience.
Example Sentences
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Seth Guikema, a climate resiliency researcher at the University of Michigan and one of the 48 US researchers relocating to Canada, said he decided to approach Canadian institutions last year in search of opportunities.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
We’ll just have to hope that America has the same resiliency.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
That resiliency, of course, may only work until it doesn’t.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
For Lee Kendrick Harris, who had just voted at a polling station at a Whitehaven church, the redistricting "is a test of resiliency in how we can come together and survive."
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
I felt that the courage, the resiliency and the unswerving, fanatical will to survive, to dream of a bright future, to accomplish, to conquer, of early years had deserted me.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
