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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The materials are bound up in polymetallic seafloor nodules in a region called the Clarion-Clipperton Zone that various nations and companies covet.
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Ben Geman, Axios, 30 Apr. 2025
For these women, being a woman is certainly bound up in being ignored and abused by men, and Stephens captures those indignities well.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 May 2025
Aristotle was right to see human flourishing as bound up with justice, but wrong — badly wrong — about what justice requires.
—January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Gum arabic’s importance was therefore bound up in political conquest and colonial dominance in West Africa.
—Erik Zou, JSTOR Daily, 25 Apr. 2025
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Ben Geman, Axios, 30 Apr. 2025
For these women, being a woman is certainly bound up in being ignored and abused by men, and Stephens captures those indignities well.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 May 2025
Aristotle was right to see human flourishing as bound up with justice, but wrong — badly wrong — about what justice requires.
—January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Gum arabic’s importance was therefore bound up in political conquest and colonial dominance in West Africa.
—Erik Zou, JSTOR Daily, 25 Apr. 2025
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 3 Jun. 2025.
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