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adjective

as in cemented

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verb

past tense of glue

as in bound

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Recent Examples of glued

Verb

Garden Art Wine corks can be glued together with a hot glue gun to create decorative birdhouses and wreaths to display in the garden. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026

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Adjective

Unlike clip- and tape-ins, these are pre-bonded strands that use partial keratin — a protein already found in the hair — as an adhesive.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 19 May 2026
Cost is $25 for single and bonded adult cats; $50 for one kitten and $75 for two kittens.

— Carol Kovach, cleveland, 12 July 2022

Definition of bonded

Verb

For now, though, the puppy who once came bounding into CBS Texas is growing up right before our eyes.

— Nelly Carreño, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
How Leaders Should Prepare The organizations that get this right will be the ones that deploy agents where the work is bounded, the data is clean and the accountability is clear.

— Tammy Hawes, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of bound

Adjective

While Brentford look to be edging closer to the finished article under Keith Andrews, Roberto De Zerbi is still stuck on his introduction.

— Elias Burke, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
But seeing someone that wants to perform that badly in their body, feeling stuck and not being able to.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of stuck

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The frozen version is a sleeper hit, with a slushy texture that is even more drinkable.

— Jason Jones, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
As glaciers and permafrost — the frozen soil sediment and rock that acts like a glue holding mountains together — melt due to higher temperatures caused by climate change, the threat of landslides is rising in the Swiss Alps.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of frozen

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The phrase fused long-standing claims that alligators preferred Black flesh with newer stories of Black children being used to attract the reptiles.

— The Conversation, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
The newborn arrived so early that the outer layer of her skin didn’t fully develop, and her eyes were fused closed at birth.

— Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of fused

Adjective

Lorenzo’s raft just missed the anchored catamaran, but his father, cousin and aunt weren’t as lucky.

— Susan Young, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
Eligibility for health coverage, disability support, housing, and related services should remain anchored to persistent need, not to HIV status alone.

— Jeff Berry, STAT, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of anchored

Verb

Earlier versions adhered more closely to the facts of what happened to Pam.

— Josh Rivera, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
But a new fastest time from UAE’s Florian Vermeersch on June 2 of this year — 23km at an average speed of 75kmh — suggests that not everyone has adhered.

— Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 29 June 2026

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