rubberlike

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“Customers sometimes think: Amazon can get this to us in two days, why does it take 10 days?” says Kim Vaccarella, founder of Bogg Bag, which sells square, rubberlike totes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

After Sanjiv was anesthetized, Sievers removed pulp from the pulp cavity inside the tooth, disinfected the area and then filled it with a rubberlike material called gutta-percha to make a watertight seal.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2024

This adhesive replaces the gooey liquid placed between a traditional ultrasound wand and the skin, and it is a hybrid of a water-rich polymer called a hydrogel and a rubberlike material called an elastomer.

From Scientific American • Jul. 29, 2022

Mass-loaded vinyl is a thick, heavy, rubberlike material.

From Washington Post • Jun. 20, 2022

She was happy, too, to have her old domain hers again, while Ellen nursed; to make again her flavorless desserts, her mounds of rubberlike gelatine, her pies.

From A Poor Wise Man by Rinehart, Mary Roberts