as in adhesion
a physical sticking to as if by glue
this epoxy has good bonding for glass and ceramics
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as in communing
to form a close personal relationship
a man attempting to bond with his new and mistrustful stepson
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Recent Examples of bonding
Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
The addition of time and bonding with my closest friends made this a lifetime highlight.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
Sabini built his bike from scratch there while bonding with his close friends.
—Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Noun
There are fun bad teams, or teams that at least make a unique bonding experience out of their specific type of misery.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
The addition of time and bonding with my closest friends made this a lifetime highlight.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
Verb
For somebody with a 12-person kill list, Etta has a total lack of urgency, working her two jobs, bonding with her two new besties and embarking on a wholly unconvincing love story with a college student named Matt (Tyler Tomás Perez, less appealing here than on Abbott Elementary).
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
Sabini built his bike from scratch there while bonding with his close friends.
—Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bonding
Noun
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The pieces are cleaned thoroughly to remove any oils that would interfere with adhesion.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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Wet clothes stick to your body and water spreads across the fabric because water molecules are strongly attracted to other molecules, a chemical property called adhesion.—
Yunyao Li,
The Conversation,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The team were meek in defeat, but after a weekend carousing and communing in central London, Newcastle fans arrived at Wembley with a collective hangover.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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Jefferson Airplane communing in the Haight.—
Joe Hagan,
Vanity Fair,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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What if a cling wrap could fight disease?—
Devika Rao,
TheWeek,
7 May 2026
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The bitterness mellows into something deeply savory and clings to pasta like it was made for it.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The young players seem to like how Harbaugh is teaching and relating, too.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2026
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Some of them are old systems of knowledge, ways of relating the body to fertility, death, and survival.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In addiction medicine, this type of frequent patient contact would be invaluable for informational purposes as well as successful adherence to treatment plans.—
Steve D. Klein,
STAT,
14 May 2026
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As one of the negative philosophies, pessimism, in its adherence to radical openness, is also marked by its anti-systematic nature.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
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“Bonding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bonding. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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