binding

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If the employers and the union can’t agree on a contract within 90 days, government would step in for mediation followed by binding arbitration.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

An arbitration panel decision would be binding on the parties for two years unless amended “by written consent of the parties.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

So the 15-judge panel at the ICJ in The Hague will hand down its ruling, which is not binding, but in practice will clarify the right to strike in international law.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Working with mouse cells, the scientists screened more than 100 trillion random DNA sequences and identified several rare aptamers capable of binding to proteins associated with senescent cells.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

Tears were tumbling down his cheeks and he couldn’t stop them, couldn’t even wipe them away because the nightmare’s tendrils were binding him now, had nearly taken him over completely.

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness