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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brassbound
Adjective
  • The Freeform rolling carry-on was deemed the Best Overall Carry-on by Travel + Leisure after rounds of rigorous testing at our New York City lab.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2025
  • Before a potential controller can even step foot in the academy, there’s a rigorous application and qualification process.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • An additional 18 pot still whiskeys won Gold, demonstrating that Ireland’s most traditional whiskey style continues to elevate the standards for flavor, complexity, and craftsmanship.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • The left-handed bat seems to have a more traditional torpedo shape.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 15 July 2025
Adjective
  • The wise stargazer brings warm clothes, bug spray and snacks — and takes breaks from staring at the sky every 30 minutes or so.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • For investors, is the resolve to assume tariff threats are bluffs and the impact easily handled a wise stance based on lessons learned in the April overshoot sell-off?
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • President Donald Trump's administration has announced strict new visa restrictions for Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Nigeria.
    Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
  • The rule requires refiners and fuel distributors to meet stricter emissions targets even as refineries close in a state that has long made its hostility to the oil and gas industry clear.
    U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • In addition, the independence of private universities and their tax status that encourages donations supports conservative and sectarian schools: Boston College, Notre Dame, Brigham Young, Liberty University, among many others.
    Peter Balakian July 9, Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
  • But even after the court's conservative majority limited the use of far-reaching injunctions that block enforcement of a policy across the country, the justices may continue to face a steady drumbeat of emergency appeals seeking their intervention.
    Melissa Quinn July 9, CBS News, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • Designer Elizabeth Ghia’s inspiring spaces bring icons of design history into the 21st century for spaces that feel fresh yet classic.
    Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2025
  • Everything then was fresh, local, and far more creative than people of today can even imagine.
    James Dodson July 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
Adjective
  • Zara hadn’t become rigid overnight—her views on competence, control and value had been reinforced over decades.
    Diana Lowe, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • Set within a military institution, the film continues his exploration of gender and power, aiming to expose and humanize rigid, oppressive systems through personal and emotional storytelling.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 15 July 2025
Adjective
  • Funds could support conservative seminaries like Nashotah House, a conservative seminary in the Anglican tradition, or pastors from the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference, ensuring orthodox leadership for historic churches.
    The Rev. Jake Dell, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2025
  • The religious advisory board includes Christian and Jewish members from traditions including Catholicism, evangelicalism, Greek Orthodox Christianity and orthodox Judaism.
    BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 17 June 2025
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“Brassbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brassbound. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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