rubber
Example Sentences
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Initially called “Fiber K” by the DuPont chemist who invented it, it was a replacement for the rubber used in women’s foundation garments, which was weighty, hot and quick to stretch out.
On that record cold morning in Florida, rubber gaskets called O-rings, which were supposed to keep various rocket segments sealed together, failed.
Those checks and their potential $300 billion price tag are where the rubber hits the road.
From Barron's
They offer what I call a “snapback” hypothesis for why small caps should now outperform: Large caps’ outperformance is stretched so thin it’s like a rubber band — ready to snap back.
From MarketWatch
In February, construction is scheduled to begin on the school’s new synthetic turf field, eight-lane rubber track and scoreboard.
From Los Angeles Times
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