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Recent Examples of band
Noun
The band is one of the most commercially successful groups of all time, selling over 100 million records worldwide. Tracy Wright , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025 Accompanying her in the video were performers as diverse as Hervé Villechaize, Britt Ekland, and John Doe and Exene Cervenka from the band X. Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 26 June 2025
Verb
The announcement from Johnson came one day after Luna and eight other Republicans banded with Democrats to tank a procedural vote in protest of leadership’s attempt to bury the parental proxy voting push, bringing key legislative business to a standstill on the floor. Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025 Biologists banded Wisdom in 1956, which is how the forest service has been able to track her for so long. Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for band
Recent Examples of Synonyms for band
Verb
  • The cost of pharmaceuticals has become prohibitive to patients and providers like hospitals, and the huge cost of advertising is wrapped into those costs.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025
  • Compression: Another way to keep the swelling and inflammation is wrapping your calf.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • The pair will tie the knot in Venice, Italy, later this week.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 24 June 2025
  • Around 61% of workers say that the climb up the corporate ladder feels outdated, with Gen Z and millennials just about tied at 65% and 62% respectively.
    Brit Morse, Fortune, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • Air raid sirens sent Israelis into shelters as missiles streaked across the sky and interceptors rose to meet them, killing at least three people.
    Dan Morrison, USA Today, 15 June 2025
  • With wideout Hunter Renfrow streaking down the right sideline, Dalton heaved the ball into the air.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2025
Verb
  • Dude’s a lifelong utility player — rock solid on guitar and vocals with the family band, while Willie circles the beat, and a team player with frequent Neil Young backing crew Promise of the Real.
    Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025
  • If all goes to plan, the spacecraft will circle Earth two or three times and then be recovered.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 23 June 2025
Verb
  • Three days later, the girls’ bodies were discovered with plastic bags over their heads and their hands bound at Rock Island Campground, police said.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2025
  • More than 20 commercial aircraft bound for Doha, Qatar, diverted, while another four heading to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates turned around, according to aviation data firm Cirium.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 23 June 2025

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“Band.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/band. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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