bound up
adjective
: closely involved or associated
—usually used with with
his life was bound up with the town's history
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For these women, being a woman is certainly bound up in being ignored and abused by men, and Stephens captures those indignities well.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 May 2025
Aristotle was right to see human flourishing as bound up with justice, but wrong — badly wrong — about what justice requires.
—January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Gum arabic’s importance was therefore bound up in political conquest and colonial dominance in West Africa.
—Erik Zou, JSTOR Daily, 25 Apr. 2025
But philosophers have too often tossed it aside in favor of guilt, which appears to be more bound up in morality.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 May 2025
Aristotle was right to see human flourishing as bound up with justice, but wrong — badly wrong — about what justice requires.
—January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Gum arabic’s importance was therefore bound up in political conquest and colonial dominance in West Africa.
—Erik Zou, JSTOR Daily, 25 Apr. 2025
But philosophers have too often tossed it aside in favor of guilt, which appears to be more bound up in morality.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bound up
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“Bound up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bound%20up. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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