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Recent Examples of hidebound That gives them flexibility and the ability to take risks that can’t be made in more hidebound traditional schools. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025 Real, by contrast, are hidebound by tradition, in thrall to their history, the lofty expectations created by their glorious past hardwired into their enduring reality. Rory Smith, The Athletic, 10 Feb. 2025 Those fired were not hidebound deep state bureaucrats merely slurping from the federal trough. Southern California News Group Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2025 Belatedly, political classes (and some of Japan’s huge industrial conglomerates) are realizing the economic value, employment potential and soft power impact of a less hidebound and risk-averse film and TV industry. Patrick Frater, Variety, 3 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for hidebound
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Adjective
  • Actors were brought in to pretend to be North Korean soldiers and wellwishers, and a choir of local schoolchildren sang traditional songs.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Qiuhao Qiuhao quietly opened fashion week with a strong collection mining the idea of utilitarian aspects of Chinese traditional garments in the 1930s, which were subtly influenced by the Art Deco movement.
    Denni Hu, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Though conservative Ohio courts always conspired to tilt her battle uphill, the initial suit made a splash.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • As a conservative nationalist Takaichi’s elevation to prime minister could herald more strained ties with neighbors such as China and South Korea which both suffered at the hands of Japanese invaders and occupiers before and during World War II.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • An ultra-orthodox school sat adjacent to the library, and its staff supplied the settlers with sleeping mats and air conditioning for the long night.
    Ryan Byrnes, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The Vatican said Leo will travel to the town of Iznik, modern day Nicaea, for the anniversary and while in Turkey is expected to meet Ecumenical Patriarch Batholomew, the spiritual leader of the approximately 300 million Eastern orthodox Christians.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Hidebound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hidebound. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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