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noun

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Verb
The Lululemon Fleece Belt Bag is bound to be your favorite winter staple this season. Alicia Geigel, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2024 The two black holes at the center of the two merging galaxies may, when close enough, form a pair bound by gravity. Jonathan Zrake, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
Go back on their word and promises: When someone promises to help you, if that promise is not binding, you could be left in a real bind. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024 Harris’s performance on The View demonstrated her broader political bind about being a change candidate, too. Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bind 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bind
Verb
  • Welcoming their three daughters Less than a year after tying the knot, the couple's first daughter, Rumer Willis, was born on August 16, 1988, with Willis even helping deliver his first born.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Bloomberg reported that investigators found a jacket inside the backpack believed to be tied to the murder, not a gun.
    Stepheny Price, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Initially, Greenlee was self-conscious about her scars, even bandaging her face before venturing out to watch Hopkins play.
    Nasha Smith, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Pietro is in the hospital, his head bandaged and his temper softened.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Highly acidic foods like pickles and tomatoes will react with the can after an extended period of time, causing both taste and texture changes so pay particularly close attention to expiration dates on these items.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Choose from a variety of shapes, including the cherished German-American tradition of the pickle ornament.
    Roger Sands, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Make extra chains to use in garlands, on mantels, and around doorways.
    Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The North American resort chain best known for its indoor water parks offers seemingly endless activities for kids at no extra charge – plus all-inclusive dining packages for children and free, daily breakfast packages that further add to the resort’s incredible value.
    Gina Kramer, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Morgan Metzer's assailant used zip ties to constrain her wrists before strangling her nearly unconscious twice.
    Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2024
  • And Dexter took pains to cover his tracks, constraining his naked victims in plastic that also covered the kill room, allowing for sterile cleanup.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The main character, Anyanwu, is an African woman who can heal, shapeshift and seemingly live forever.
    Anita Kopacz, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
  • With all these somatic therapies, the goal is to bring awareness to the sensations that stress or trauma are producing, and ultimately, for the person to feel safer in their body and heal.
    Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The question is whether anyone can genuinely rescue Intel from its current predicament.
    Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Parents are faced with daily questions, dilemmas, and predicaments.
    Sari Hitchins, Parents, 29 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • The prince settled the case out of court while protesting his innocence and was supposed to confine himself to a life out of the limelight.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The secrets weren’t confined to Paul and Lydia’s house.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024

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“Bind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bind. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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