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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
Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Advertisement Rider forward Tariq Ingraham then threw a cross-court pass out of bounds and Clark soon came up with a steal in the backcourt.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2024
Buried inside a slab of ancient mudstone in what was once an inlet leading into a lake bounded by Mars’ Jezero Crater, NASA’s Perseverance rover’s sample number 25 is potentially a Martian astrobiological game-changer.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
Alison Herman, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
There’s a fundamental limit, a fundamental lower bound, on the amount of work required to erase information.
—Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
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Noun
The red-versus-blue divide is real, and grows by leaps and bounds every four years.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Advertisement Rider forward Tariq Ingraham then threw a cross-court pass out of bounds and Clark soon came up with a steal in the backcourt.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
Most causes of bounding pulses are normal compensatory responses of the heart.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2024
Buried inside a slab of ancient mudstone in what was once an inlet leading into a lake bounded by Mars’ Jezero Crater, NASA’s Perseverance rover’s sample number 25 is potentially a Martian astrobiological game-changer.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
Adjective
Popular on Variety As for Harper herself, the rule-breaking maverick is homeward bound.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
There’s a fundamental limit, a fundamental lower bound, on the amount of work required to erase information.
—Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
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And Powell made clear that the Fed is determined to maintain its statutory independence from Congress and the Presidency.Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2024
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Appointment or not, all were determined to make it to the border and eventually Southern California.Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Company leaders nominally accepted the resolute reformulation, but still accepted their nation’s long-standing conventions.Michael Useem, Fortune Asia, 24 Oct. 2024
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Meanwhile, in the work of the list’s four Arizona firms, the state’s sublime tradition of Desert Modernism, solidified most notably throughout Phoenix in the 1950s in the single-family work of Alfred Beadle, continues statewide with resolute spiritedness.Richard Olsen, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Back home on Wall Street, meanwhile, Lutnick seems intent on reviving the moribund SPAC market.Dan Primack, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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President of baseball operations Craig Breslow seems intent on upgrading his starting rotation, based on recent comments to The Athletic.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Bound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bound. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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