- present participle of bind.
binding
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The changes would require a modification to the airport's legally binding Planning Agreement, with the final decision likely to rest with the infrastructure minister.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
I had already picked up a white onion, although an onion is hardly a binding commitment; so many good dinners begin that way.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
“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
Brookfield and Soilbuild’s conduct “showed that there was a binding agreement in accordance with the terms of the MOU,” Soilbuild alleged in the court documents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The Adams team, then, was charging Jefferson with two serious offenses against the unwritten code of political honor purportedly binding on the leadership class of the revolutionary generation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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
A wakeskate is used like a skateboard, without bindings.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2023
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
People were unfastening my bindings and collecting my ski poles from where they poked skyward, askew, in their separate snowbanks.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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