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Goodyear

American  
[good-yeer] / ˈgʊdˌyɪər /

noun

  1. Charles, 1800–60, U.S. inventor: developer of the process of vulcanizing rubber.


Goodyear British  
/ ˈɡʊdˌjɪə /

noun

  1. Charles. 1800–60, US inventor of vulcanized rubber

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Until this year, the tightest margin of victory belonged to Al Unser, Jr., who pipped Scott Goodyear to the line by 0.043 seconds in 1992.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Places in Arizona like Goodyear, Buckeye, Surprise and Avondale all have topped 100,000 residents and grew at least 4.5%.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Goodyear says the study does not say "don't ban phones in schools", but that "school phone policies alone are not enough to tackle the harms associated with phones and social media use".

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Charles Goodyear discovered vulcanization when a mixture of natural rubber and sulphur accidentally fell onto a hot surface.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

There is a scrap metal recycling plant, a sprawling Goodyear tire factory, and a plastics factory.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

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