rubberize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of rubberize
Example Sentences
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Chief Justice John G Roberts Jr. said it is “odious” to disqualify the preschool from receiving a state grant to rubberize its playground simply because it is run by a Lutheran church.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2017
But Carrey doesn't need any cybernetics or silicon to rubberize his limbs.
From Time Magazine Archive
She snagged a wing on the rubberized feline and plunged into a dive over Queens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
But that was a world record, and the athlete was 22 and in spiked shoes on a rubberized track in Paris.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025
More rubberized and cooled roads have also been built to reduce surface temperatures, and artificial intelligence will be used to monitor a fleet of drones and help manage crowds.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025
After Diaz and other residents formed the Evergreen Jogging Path Coalition and collaborated with then-Councilmember Nick Pacheco, the path opened in 2003 with the addition of decorative streetlamps and a rubberized surface.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023
It consists of an inflatable transparent cone set upon a round lifebuoy-like buoyancy chamber that has a surface of black rubberized canvas stretched across its centre.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Rather the justices decided the Missouri case by narrowly focusing on the fact that the preschool was turned down for a state grant for rubberizing its playground solely because it was run by a church.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2017
Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbia, Mo., wanted to participate in a state program that reimburses the cost of rubberizing the surface of playgrounds.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2017
As the tire cord goes through the rubberizing machine, it passes between a capsule of strontium 90 and a radiation counter.
From Time Magazine Archive
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