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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brassbound
Adjective
  • The next afternoon, Gomes sat in and watched Ohtani throw a rigorous bullpen session to simulate multiple innings.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 17 June 2025
  • Adopt a zero-trust security model that emphasizes rigorous access rules and constant authentication.
    Rob Lydic, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • Unlike many intensive wellness getaways that demand strict schedules and early wake-up times, this series takes a more balanced approach and is in fact meant to slot seamlessly into a traditional luxury vacation.
    Gabby Shacknai, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • All eyes were on the Ambanis’ daughter-in-law, Radhika, in her archival corset from Westwood’s Fall 1990 portrait collection, aptly paired with a traditional Chanderi saree.
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • Those who are successful in the job market learn how to embrace tradeoffs to make wise choices.
    Michael B. Horn, Time, 24 June 2025
  • Washington eventually adopted more sensible approaches that mobilized the resources of key allies, developed a wiser balance between conventional and nuclear tools, and assumed a less confrontational attitude toward Moscow.
    JENNIFER LIND, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • At JPMorgan, an internal culture study found that fewer employees feel like their health and well-being are a corporate priority, likely triggered by the bank’s strict five-day in-office policy.
    Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • Strategy games require humanlike ability to think across and beyond multiple steps, deal with unpredictable responses, adapt to changing objectives and still conform to a strict rule set.
    Vinay K. Chaudhri, Scientific American, 16 June 2025
Adjective
  • Trump and Bondi, though, praised the court's conservative majority for limiting a federal judge's power to block a president's policy nationwide.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 27 June 2025
  • Consider that for the average university lab, the indirect costs alone—including office support, computing, compliance, instruments, space and administrative support—average $8 million annually, and that's a conservative estimate.
    Siamak Baharloo, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • The complimentary chips were fresh and crisp and stood up well to the mild, thin red salsa (served in a small carafe to be poured into individual small bowls), the cheese dip and the guacamole.
    Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 25 June 2025
  • None of which, sad to say, is terribly fresh or exciting.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • First, consider dynamic withdrawal strategies that adjust based on portfolio performance, rather than rigid rules.
    Bruce Helmer, Twin Cities, 21 June 2025
  • Because questioning takes courage, especially in rigid hierarchies.
    Oscar Chavez-Arrieta, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • The reward was the most successful period in their history and an example that, in time, might embolden other clubs to challenge the orthodox thinking.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 13 May 2025
  • Martinez is 29 years old, stands at 5-foot-11 with a 72-inch reach, and fights in an orthodox right-handed stance.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Brassbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brassbound. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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