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
She uses a rubberized half-section model of the mouth.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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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