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unbind

[uhn-bahynd] / ʌnˈbaɪnd /


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Once released, the acetylcholine stays in the cleft and can continually bind and unbind to postsynaptic receptors.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Reince Priebus, then the chairman of the R.N.C., held long meetings with Mr. Cuccinelli and Rules Committee members who were seeking to unbind delegates.

From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2021

At higher temperatures, these vortices unbind and move away from each other, and are eventually destroyed by the system’s entropy.

From Nature ● May 1, 2019

He spent hours huddling with Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and Kendra Unruh, a Colorado delegate who drove the effort to unbind delegates and thwart Mr. Trump.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 14, 2016

Then they rested and slept without fear upon the ground; for their guides would not permit them to unbind their eyes, and they could not climb.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

The group wants delegates to return to the floor once their state reaches the round of balloting that formally unbinds them to do whatever they want.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2016

Meyer unbinds the captive, and the huge fish and I are floating free in the crystalline blue water.

From Time Magazine Archive

And now true pity in exchange he finds For his false tears, his tongue his hands unbinds.

From Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham by Sir John Denham

Go for the big bulls while the she unbinds me," and to Bertha Kircher: "Quick!

From Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Like a king over earthly nature, it rouses every force to countless transformations, binds and unbinds innumerable alliances, hangs its heavenly form around every earthly substance.

From Rampolli by George MacDonald

"If the orbital speed of the binaries is less than the kick speed, the wide binaries will become gravitationally unbound," Fuller explains.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

Clemency is a plea, unbound by the structure and procedural limitations of the law.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026

His scores, with their inherent rigor and overt religiosity, seemingly simple structure and patient exposition, conjure a world both foundational and unbound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

“The Brutalist” is a film, in part, about the perils of unbound creativity, but Corbet manages to prove his own film wrong by assembling the most monumental achievement of any of the five nominees.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2025

There I unbound my hair and let it fall free, as it pleased Hamlet.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

"It was different than the usual encounters I have with my Palestinian artist friends; there was this unbinding connection, because we don't know if we're going to see each other" again, he said.

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

As part of their bids, the companies had also submitted unbinding offers to build three more nuclear reactors.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024

“Vanessa has this unbinding, positive outlook on life,” Mr. Gynd said.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2019

The economies of the two nations are deeply enmeshed at this point, and unbinding them will be painful—especially for industries like agriculture, for which trade with China has been a boon.

From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2018

“This is my thanks for unbinding your curse?”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull


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