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binding

[bahyn-ding] / ˈbaɪn dɪŋ /


NOUN
cover; something which fastens
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The marriages are not legally binding, but viewers see the couples go on honeymoon, before moving in together and navigating their relationships - all while being filmed, almost every day.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 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

Understanding its precise structure could help researchers design more effective compounds that prevent the toxin from binding.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

His fingers played idly with the spine of the binding.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

"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

They tend to be these lock-and-key receptors, and if we create a different key, we might be able to alter the bindings.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 1, 2023

Maybe not since “The Grapes of Wrath” has a work of imaginative literature by a Californian done so much for the world beyond its bindings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023

It smelled of mold, was redolent of antique paper and bindings, and was permeated with a perennial gray cloud of an unknown origin.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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