Goodyear

[ good-yeer ]

/ ˈgʊdˌyɪər /

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noun

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

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How to use Goodyear in a sentence

Goodyear does not regret her decision because of the opportunity to reconnect with old friends.
They’re called mild cases. But people with breakthrough covid can still feel pretty sick.|Fenit Nirappil|August 31, 2021|Washington Post
In the second half of the season, Goodyear brings in some new interviews and developments to investigate whether Rauda really did it and why officials didn’t even put up signs alerting visitors about the shootings.
5 New Podcasts for Your Summer Road Trip|Erin Berger|June 24, 2021|Outside Online
A story reporting that Freitag was being investigated by the police and FBI was published on June 29, but Brevard County apparently never saw it, Goodyear said.
Fairfax seeks to dismiss 400 convictions in cases brought by one officer|Tom Jackman|April 16, 2021|Washington Post
Nancy Stephenson, who worked with Greeson at the Goodyear plant, left Alabama in 2007 for Memphis, Tennessee, and then for Houston.
The Radicalization of Kevin Greeson|by Connor Sheets, AL.com|January 15, 2021|ProPublica

Specially developed 35-inch Goodyear mud terrains are standard.
A First Look at the 2022 GMC Hummer EV (It's Awesome)|Wes Siler|October 21, 2020|Outside Online
Goodyear writes learnedly of the role magazines played in capturing those who became cool.
Defining American Cool From Walt Whitman to Tina Fey and Johnny Depp|Jason Berry|March 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That French President François Hollande is from the Socialist Party helps the Goodyear strikers not at all.
The French Boss-Nappers’ Last Stand|Christopher Dickey|January 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Goodyear has blond bangs, a lean face, and a long, downturned mouth.
Why Los Angeles Is the Best Food Town in America|Andrew Romano|November 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
If you want to fall in love with Los Angeles, have a meal with Roy Choi and Dana Goodyear.
Why Los Angeles Is the Best Food Town in America|Andrew Romano|November 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Chef Roy Choi and New Yorker staff writer Dana Goodyear know.
Why Los Angeles Is the Best Food Town in America|Andrew Romano|November 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In the following year of 1871, Goodyear invented his welt shoe-sewing machine and Maddox made his epochal discovery.
Invention|Bradley A. Fiske
Professor Goodyear gives the title of “Meander” to that form of Swastika which bends two or more times (fig. 11).
The Swastika|Thomas Wilson
How far it extends in the direction contended for by Professor Goodyear, is no part of this investigation.
The Swastika|Thomas Wilson
When he was twenty-one Goodyear entered a rubber house in Philadelphia and began experimenting in India rubber.
How to Succeed as an Inventor|Goodwin B. Smith
Reared in the Dominion, William Goodyear is indebted to its schools for the education he enjoyed during his boyhood and youth.
Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 (of 2)|William Denison Lyman

British Dictionary definitions for Goodyear

Goodyear

/ (ˈɡʊdˌjɪə) /

noun

Charles. 1800–60, US inventor of vulcanized rubber

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