rubber band
noun
: a continuous band of rubber used in various ways (as for holding together a sheaf of papers)
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Don't wrap silver in newspapers or use rubber bands since these items contain chemicals that can react with silver.
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Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 18 June 2025
The tape measure, scissors, some rubber bands, chopsticks, pliers, a spare charging cord, the sewing kit, matches, that knife that doesn’t match the silverware.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
In a moment of sly genius, Duke gained entry by concealing himself as one of Lyle’s ghostly henchmen using a rubber band and a piece of white tissue as his disguise.
—Hazlitt, 18 June 2025
Colorful movement in the night sky is the result of magnetic reconnection, or the process in which magnetic fields suddenly snap into new shapes like rubber bands, NASA said.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 18 June 2025
The tape measure, scissors, some rubber bands, chopsticks, pliers, a spare charging cord, the sewing kit, matches, that knife that doesn’t match the silverware.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
In a moment of sly genius, Duke gained entry by concealing himself as one of Lyle’s ghostly henchmen using a rubber band and a piece of white tissue as his disguise.
—Hazlitt, 18 June 2025
Colorful movement in the night sky is the result of magnetic reconnection, or the process in which magnetic fields suddenly snap into new shapes like rubber bands, NASA said.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Rubber band.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rubber%20band. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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