bound
Example Sentences
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Because private shares are highly illiquid, these investments are bound by lockup agreements, meaning that investors are prohibited from redeeming or withdrawing their capital for a certain period.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
“Wuthering Heights” looks just as the voracious reader imagines it as they tear through the novel: drafty houses, windy moors, color and texture that bound from the screen.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
They are a group so tightly bound together that this latest fiasco could bring the whole house down.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Beside Grant, who is bound for the Portland Cascade, there will be 12 other former Bruins sprinkled among the league’s six rosters.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
“Did you sleep well?” she asked with a searching look, as if she were trying to see the rumpel that bound me.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Vocabulary lists containing bound
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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Two-Faced Words: Contronyms
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