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as in limit
a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go
the language in the novel really is beyond the bounds of decency
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as in confines
the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something
colored outside the bounds of the drawing
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as in to border
to serve as a border for
being bounded on all sides by the Alps has helped Switzerland maintain its neutrality
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as in determined
fully committed to achieving a goal
I am bound and determined to write a novel before I turn 30
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Recent Examples of bound
Betsy Pudliner, The Conversation, 19 May 2025
In the late twenty-tens, there was an energetic effort to police the bounds of acceptable speech, and a growing consensus that non-Black people should never utter the N-word.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 15 May 2025
Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
But given that the inner bay is bounded by roadways with runoff and home to a handful of Department of Environmental Protection sewage outlets, the problem is hard to pin on any one source.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
Juliana Kim, NPR, 6 May 2025
To stand in the middle and view them in the round is to see how ruin and repair, falling and rising, are inexorably bound.
—Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
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Noun
Advances in technology, economic shifts and changing cultural norms can increase access to unique destinations that start as out of bounds to a majority of tourists.
—Betsy Pudliner, The Conversation, 19 May 2025
In the late twenty-tens, there was an energetic effort to police the bounds of acceptable speech, and a growing consensus that non-Black people should never utter the N-word.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 15 May 2025
Verb
The now-viral clip shared the moment Minnie was gleefully bounding around the backyard as hail pelts the ground—and occasionally, her back.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
But given that the inner bay is bounded by roadways with runoff and home to a handful of Department of Environmental Protection sewage outlets, the problem is hard to pin on any one source.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
However, Guard units become bound to the Posse Comitatus Act when they are called into federal service.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 6 May 2025
To stand in the middle and view them in the round is to see how ruin and repair, falling and rising, are inexorably bound.
—Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bound
Adjective
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The president is determined to get something done here.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
20 May 2025
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The conservative view Many conservatives are determined to repeal or at least delay and dilute most of the clean energy breaks.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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The closest thing that comes to mind is probably Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, although this is Malick by way of Jane Campion and Michael Haneke, shifting between fleeting coming-of-age moments and scenes of resolute darkness and human cruelty.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
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It was never sold in the U.S. thanks to the unwavering objections of a resolute reviewer at the FDA named Frances Oldham Kelsey.—
David Armstrong,
CNN Money,
10 May 2025
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If the players were intent on sticking to their set routines, chairman Steve Parish was the opposite.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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The La Jolla Shores Permit Review Committee returned to meeting online this week, and though its first meeting back on Zoom since the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t go as smoothly as hoped, the board is intent on sticking to the virtual format.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 May 2025
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“Bound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bound. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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