hidebound

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Over time, cadets concentrating in social sciences formed an elite enclave, which became an object of resentment and ridicule among some more hidebound officers.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2026

The hidebound company, overly reliant on mainframe computers, had been out-hustled by nimbler makers of desktop computers and software.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

The agency was just like the Saginaw he’d run from, Dudek said: an insular, hidebound place where everyone knew everyone and they all thought innovation would cost them their jobs.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2025

There was a time when Olympians weren’t allowed to receive any money, when the International Olympic Committee clung to a hidebound notion of amateurism.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2024

As additional proof from other laboratories and experiments accumulated in the 1950s, even the most hidebound skeptics had to convert into believers.*

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee