bound up
adjective
: closely involved or associated
—usually used with with
his life was bound up with the town's history
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Indeed, the Kremlin’s systematic assault on historical memory is tightly bound up with the war on Ukraine.
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Leon Aron, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
Intellectual life in medieval Europe was thoroughly bound up in Christianity, and, early on, this often translated to viewing human feelings in stark terms of good and evil.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 25 Nov. 2024
Afterward the electrons were bound up in atoms, and light could flow freely.
—Marc Kamionkowski, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Terrifying! Trust Comes From The Source Third, the trust needed for innovation is inherently bound up with people’s perceptions about the source of a new product or service.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
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Leon Aron, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
Intellectual life in medieval Europe was thoroughly bound up in Christianity, and, early on, this often translated to viewing human feelings in stark terms of good and evil.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 25 Nov. 2024
Afterward the electrons were bound up in atoms, and light could flow freely.
—Marc Kamionkowski, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Terrifying! Trust Comes From The Source Third, the trust needed for innovation is inherently bound up with people’s perceptions about the source of a new product or service.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for bound up
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“Bound up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bound%20up. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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