rubber band
noun
: a continuous band of rubber used in various ways (as for holding together a sheaf of papers)
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But energy circling the atmosphere can sometimes smash into the polar vortex, like two hands trying to fling a rubber band, stretching it into something more oblong than circular.
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Mary Gilbert, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
The stabilization tool doesn't produce stretchy rubber band results like some similar tools.
—PCMAG, 18 Feb. 2025
The colors are a result of magnetic reconnection, or the process in which magnetic fields snap into new shapes, similar to rubber bands that have been stretched too far, according to NASA.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
These drawers are repositories for things like batteries with undetermined amounts of life left, menus of restaurants that may or may not still be in business, forgotten school forms, an assortment of rubber bands, and gift cards with just enough of a balance that they can’t quite be thrown away.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2024
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Mary Gilbert, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
The stabilization tool doesn't produce stretchy rubber band results like some similar tools.
—PCMAG, 18 Feb. 2025
The colors are a result of magnetic reconnection, or the process in which magnetic fields snap into new shapes, similar to rubber bands that have been stretched too far, according to NASA.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
These drawers are repositories for things like batteries with undetermined amounts of life left, menus of restaurants that may or may not still be in business, forgotten school forms, an assortment of rubber bands, and gift cards with just enough of a balance that they can’t quite be thrown away.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Rubber band.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rubber%20band. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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