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as in to bind
to cover with a bandage her mother always bandages her scraped knees very carefully

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bandage

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noun

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Recent Examples of bandage
Verb
In the wastelands of Kabul, where American largesse never quite bandaged the scars of the Soviet war. Tim Golden, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2025 One soldier has a wound to his jaw, the other has bandaged hands. Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
There was also no soot on her skin, in her hair or in the wound; there was no soot on the bandages wrapped around her head, either. Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025 On some nights hundreds were gathered border walls in San Diego, as volunteers passed bandages, aspirin, juice and sandwiches between slats in the barrier. Eugene Garcia, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bandage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bandage
Verb
  • Firefly Aerospace's lunar lander, named Blue Ghost, launched Jan. 15 on a much longer spaceflight bound for the moon.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
  • On one table was a giant human arm, part of a monument of Father Capodanno bound for Staten Island; in back was a plaster mold of the head of Martin Luther King, Jr., for a bust that sits in the Oval Office.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Although his production won’t jump off the page, Williams’ impact as a dominant run defender is much clearer on tape.
    Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The song has a ’90s vibe, which goes perfectly with the dating commercial VHS tapes the singer has been posting on her YouTube channel to promote it.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The mood was like an eternal shiva — the celebration of the South L.A. rapper’s cinematic life is muted, the search for meaning and healing unending.
    Jeff Weiss, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
  • There is no epiphany and no resolution, only a rupture that even the husband’s eloquence can’t heal.
    Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Her tea-length tulle black dress, dating back to the 1950s, featured velvet straps.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 16 Feb. 2025
  • The 42mm rectangular case is affixed to a blue rubber strap that can be swapped out for any of Hublot’s proprietary strap options with the press of a button.
    Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • In the studio, Prieto, dressed in a white guayabera and jeans, surveyed the image.
    Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Seated along the sidewalk outside Cafe Tropical, the singer, dressed in dark-wash denim and kitten heels, orders a Diet Coke and a trio of the Cuban cafe’s signature pastelitos.
    Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • It isn’t yet known whether this binding is a good thing in designing an effective vaccine, but Brown said future studies should answer that question.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Snowboarders are attached to their boards with bindings that keep their boots in place.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The Wild Robot, based on a fantasy book series by Peter Brown, addresses adults who have lost their moral bearing and does so by treating the audience like kids.
    Armond White, National Review, 26 Feb. 2025
  • In that case, a menopause specialist will look into treating individual symptoms, such as poor sleep.
    Mara Santilli, Flow Space, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Jennifer Hudson wore a tiger print sweater with a waist-cinching belt on an episode of The Jennifer Hudson Show, while Kelly Clarkson and Eva Mendes both reached for leopard print dresses.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
  • There are elegant belts from Anderson’s and The Row, sophisticated jewels from Lié Studio, David Yurman, and Mejuri, just to name a few.
    Laura Jackson, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2025

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“Bandage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bandage. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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