rubber band
noun
: a continuous band of rubber used in various ways (as for holding together a sheaf of papers)
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Starting in late October and through November, growers would dig their sturdy plants, bundle them in packs of 25 plants, secure them with rubber bands, pack them in wet moss, roll them in sheets of newspaper, box them, and take them down to the Greyhound bus station.
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Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
For more severe cases, Orlando says procedures such as rubber band ligation (placing a small band around the base of an internal hemorrhoid to cut off its blood supply) and sclerotherapy (an injection that shrinks the hemorrhoid), may be recommended.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
The rubber band helps players perform an elastic muscle contraction while jumping at the same time, producing a plyometric contraction, which helps develop the kind of muscle power that leads to the explosiveness footballers need.
—Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
In a refugee camp in Bangladesh, children jump rope with chains of rubber bands.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
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Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
For more severe cases, Orlando says procedures such as rubber band ligation (placing a small band around the base of an internal hemorrhoid to cut off its blood supply) and sclerotherapy (an injection that shrinks the hemorrhoid), may be recommended.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
The rubber band helps players perform an elastic muscle contraction while jumping at the same time, producing a plyometric contraction, which helps develop the kind of muscle power that leads to the explosiveness footballers need.
—Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
In a refugee camp in Bangladesh, children jump rope with chains of rubber bands.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
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“Rubber band.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rubber%20band. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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