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binding

[bahyn-ding] / ˈbaɪn dɪŋ /


NOUN
cover; something which fastens
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The companies said they planned to enter into a binding agreement within three months.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Without anything more binding than a handshake, these loan pools rely on community ties to ensure debts are repaid.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Germany has set a legally binding 2045 deadline to achieve climate neutrality.

From Barron's Jul. 6, 2026

For months, policymakers, businesses and trade watchers in Washington had been bracing for a turbulent spring and summer around the future of the USMCA, the trade pact binding the United States, Canada and Mexico.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

That was when he spotted a sliver of a book with old, black binding and silver lettering that read Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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

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

“We know that cells in the conjunctiva have ACE2 receptors on them — which are the bindings sites for the spike protein on COVID,” he said.

From Seattle Times Jun. 12, 2023

The walls were lined with bookshelves containing badly preserved volumes with the bindings crumbling and flaking, or distorted with damp.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman




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