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as in chain
something that physically prevents free movement
numerous bands of plastic held the toy securely in the box
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as in orchestra
a usually large group of musicians playing together
that band is looking for a new singer
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as in group
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
a band of explorers
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as in cluster
a number of things considered as a unit
a band of songbirds
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as in to wrap
to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt
banded the waist of the dress with a matching belt
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as in to tie
to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord
banded the newspapers together for delivery
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Recent Examples of band
Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
In another, the art rock band is just a fleeting footnote, with U2 in the spotlight instead.
—Denise Quan, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
William Gavin, Quartz, 8 Oct. 2024
This phenomenon, Nazarian explained, might feel like a bump, lump, or band beneath your skin.
—Harri Weber, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Maybe that will come in 2027 when Sam Mendes plans to release four separate, interwoven movies about the members of the Beatles, each told from the perspective of a different band member.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
In another, the art rock band is just a fleeting footnote, with U2 in the spotlight instead.
—Denise Quan, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
In 2019, 11 companies banded to try and standardize safety, afraid that one bad actor could collapse the market.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 8 Oct. 2024
This phenomenon, Nazarian explained, might feel like a bump, lump, or band beneath your skin.
—Harri Weber, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2024
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Sure, amid the flurry of finding gifts and wrapping everything elaborately, who has time to stack meringues and glue them together with buttercream?Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024
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Then wrap the dough around each chocolate ball and bake; the cookies spread and collapse around the chocolate.Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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Louisiana currently is tied with DC for the highest rate of flu in the U.S.Rosemary Westwood, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
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The Pittsburgh Steelers are tied with the New England Patriots for the most Super Bowl wins with six.Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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A number of the bags that were supposed to be bright yellow were streaked with black.Nicolas Vega,Raffi Paul, CNBC, 14 Dec. 2024
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Absolutely, especially given that Pittsburgh will visit the streaking Eagles on Dec. 15 and host the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs on Christmas.Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Dec. 2024
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During the winter solstice, the sun's rays will be directly over the Tropic of Capricorn, a line of latitude that circles the Earth in the Southern Hemisphere.Carlie Procell, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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Towns knows the healthiest way forward is to treat this as just another game — an opportunity for the Knicks to continue building chemistry while adding a mark in the win column — but in reality, this was a game circled in invisible ink.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
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This narrative, and the fear of Sunni extremist groups such as the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra, kept many Alawites bound to Assad even as the cost became unbearable.Loubna Mrie, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
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After his Pennsylvania court appearance, he was immediately turned over to at least a dozen New York Police Department officers who were in the courtroom and quickly led him to a plane bound for Long Island.Mark Scolforo and Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Band.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/band. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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