- present participle of bind.
binding
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“U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will ensure that immigration filings are decided based on the laws, regulations, and binding legal precedent that govern each case.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
However, upon further inspection, it’s not clear that any of this is legally binding, and Blanche himself admitted as much during his hearing last month.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Back in High River, a town that has served as the backdrop for television shows such as HBO’s “The Last of Us” and FX’s “Fargo,” Shae Morris plans to vote for a binding referendum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The two airline groups had both submitted non-binding offers in April and had three months to submit binding offers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
The navy-blue bag with the white leather binding went up front with the driver.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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"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
The company then proceeded to strip the books’ bindings, cut their pages and scan them into digital and machine-readable forms, according to the decision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 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
There was a musty odor in the room, the odor of old books with yellow leaves and ancient bindings.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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