bails 1 of 2

noun

plural of bail
1
as in bonds

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2
as in bows

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3
as in hods

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bails

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of bail
as in exits
to leave a place often for another after two hours of that boring party, we were ready to bail

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Recent Examples of bails
Verb
Hopefully, your customer lifetime value bails you out in the form of repeat orders, subscriptions, upsells and referrals. — Bar Maimon, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026 When all four girls are arrested for drug use, a local drug dealer (Franco) bails them out and subsequently draws them into a gang turf war. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026 Crook bails from the interaction too early to find out, but the question will torment him all weekend. — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 27 June 2026 Ebra, who apparently graduated from the Richie Jerimovich Institute for Asking for Shit at the Wrong Time, bails on his plans to discuss the future of the Beef with Carmy. — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 June 2026 When Bridget bails on her wedding and runs off to the island, Lucy follows, leading her right back to Felix. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026 The mother [Cordelia, played by Natascha McElhone] is in an asylum, and the one who bails Sherlock out of trouble, the one who has to take a responsible job, is Mycroft [played by Max Irons]. — Max Gao, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026 Is there a world where Porsche bails on selling the 718 variants but still builds Audi a car? — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 19 Feb. 2026 Or the babysitter bails last minute. — Jenny McCoy, Outside, 3 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bails
  1. bonds
  2. bows
  3. tanks
  4. exits
  5. gages
  6. loops
  7. jugs
  8. moves
Noun
  • But that condition applies to all affectionate bonds and doesn’t, on its own, identify attachment.
    — Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026
  • These brokerage accounts, available for parents to open for any child under age 18, allow kids — with their parents' help managing the accounts — to start building investment portfolios with stocks, mutual funds and bonds.
    — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of bonds
Noun
  • It was layered and ruched with bows; printed with graphic sketching; dip-dyed to resemble a Rothko painting; and embroidered all over with crystals.
    — Scarlett Conlon, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The gunner removes his tricorn hat and bows to another artillerist, giving him permission to load the cannon ball.
    — Tracey Teo, AJC.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of bows
Noun
  • In May, at the manufacturing facility, which stores thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals in pressurized tanks used to produce materials such as plexiglass for fighter jet and commercial aircraft windows, one tank threatened to leak or explode.
    — Nilesh Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
  • But faced with the quantity and quality of Soviet tanks in the East, and British-American tanks in the West, the tank’s purpose became the achievement of total battlefield supremacy.
    — Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
Definition of tanks
Verb
  • Portable toilets will be located at most entrances and exits to the fair area.
    — Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In flight tests, the tiny drone navigated pitch-black enclosures, mapped unknown room layouts, hugged surface contours, and located exits without a single visual cue.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of exits
Noun
  • Scientists also revealed that special interface gages verify the form, fit and function of missile parts down to tolerances in the millionths of an inch.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The analysis tracked all the instances in which the gages reached a daily average height at or above flooding levels since the year 2000.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
Definition of gages
Noun
  • Rather than forcing you to adapt to a permanently stitched grid of elastic loops, the M3 utilizes heavy-duty, modular pages.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026
  • On a denim jacket, belt loops are elongated and individually placed, turning the hardwearing item into something more decorative.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of loops
Noun
  • Use seedbeds, plug trays, or milk jugs for better seedling management; transplant seedlings in spring.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Detergent sheets for laundry typically come in slim cardboard boxes rather than plastic jugs, which helps households cut down on plastic waste.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of jugs
Verb
  • Riley was a direct inspiration on the record, and while the Bay Area composer did work with drones, his influence is more poignant here, in the way Schwendener breaks the melody down into pieces and moves them around.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Bits per second is commonly used in BCI research to quantify how quickly and accurately a user can select intended targets, rather than simply measuring how fast a cursor physically moves.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of moves

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“Bails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bails. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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