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binding

[bahyn-ding] / ˈbaɪn dɪŋ /


NOUN
cover; something which fastens
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Importantly, stronger receptor binding does not automatically establish that muscle regeneration itself has improved.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

The current Plaid Cymru government's ambition is for Wales, as a whole, to reach net zero by 2040 - which is ten years sooner than the current legally binding target for Wales and UK.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Instead of binding to claudin-4 receptors on colon cells, BFT attached to the decoy proteins.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Several experts have warned customers not to regard Binance's promise to cover losses as legally binding and said they may need to pursue litigation to recover them.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

He was pleased with himself because he had just finished writing a report and was binding it into a folder and adding tabs.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

"You can think of it as a basket that allows us to capture metals and position them in ways to encourage specific types of bindings."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

On view are examples of bulbous book bindings, acid-etched vases, satin capes, parchment-covered cabinets, angular decanters, diamond-decorated cloche hats, geometric malachite brooches, stark bas-reliefs, Brancusi-faced collar ads, and boxy, black-lacquer screens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

We clicked into bindings that held only our toes in place for the uphill, and then, with a quick adjustment, locked our heels in place for the downhill run.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025

A wakeskate is used like a skateboard, without bindings.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2023

Many hundreds of years ago, he had once told Meggie, people made the bindings for particularly valuable books from the skin of unborn calves, charta virginea non nata, a pretty name for a terrible thing.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke


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