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Recent Examples on the Web But we have not entirely broken with hidebound, stagnant tradition. Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024 But some Paris businesses are experiencing a bust There was a time when Olympians weren’t allowed to receive any money, when the International Olympic Committee clung to a hidebound notion of amateurism. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 26 July 2024 There was a time when Olympians weren’t allowed to receive any money, when the International Olympic Committee clung to a hidebound notion of amateurism. David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2024 This body was set up in the wake of the COVID pandemic and tasked with breaking down the hidebound bureaucracy and other structural factors that had hindered the digitalization of Japan’s administrative systems. Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 3 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for hidebound 

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“Hidebound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hidebound. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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