plural gumballs
: a ball of chewing gum in a candied shell
Ah, the gumball machine. That tempting, rainbow-hued orb of treats that lurks outside every supermarket, dry cleaner and amusement park in America. Just a quarter gets you a sweet treat to bubble and stretch as you please, but how long has that gumball been sitting there?—
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These gumballs aren’t just painful to step on, though.
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Make your own greeting card at On Paper or drop 50 cents in a gumball machine for a short story from Prologue Bookshop.
—Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 13 May 2026
Decades ago, a penny could purchase a gumball.
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Tired of spiked gumballs in your yard?
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Cori Sears, The Spruce, 14 May 2026
Make your own greeting card at On Paper or drop 50 cents in a gumball machine for a short story from Prologue Bookshop.
—Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 13 May 2026
Decades ago, a penny could purchase a gumball.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
Tired of spiked gumballs in your yard?
—Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 4 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for gumball
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“Gumball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gumball. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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