rubber band
Example Sentences
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The AI market has become a rubber band, with a growing divergence between so-called hyperscalers and the companies selling semiconductor chips as software becomes cheaper to develop outside the West, according to Goldman Sachs.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026
You slice it the wrong way and, instead of a tender, juicy bite, you’re left gnawing on something that tastes like a rubber band.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
When an ordinary rubber band is stretched, it becomes thinner while largely maintaining the same overall volume.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
But sometimes a disturbance can cause the polar vortex to stretch like a rubber band.
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026
No one else said anything either, and the quiet stretched like a rubber band, long and quivering.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
