bound up
adjective
: closely involved or associated
—usually used with with
his life was bound up with the town's history
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As far as the fashion world is concerned, however, Jefferies’s name is irrevocably bound up with 20th-century editorial photography, specifically the estates of its titans—Horst and Helmut, Herb and Hiro among them.
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Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
And because much of the stock market is bound up in the same feverish A.I.-driven stock frenzy, the message is broadly true.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
Much of the data compiled by these analyses and the lessons learned from it remains confidential, with findings often bound up in nondisclosure agreements.
—Umar Farooq, ProPublica, 2 Feb. 2024
There’s a certain element of sadness bound up in the joy of balikbayan boxes, especially this year, when every box that crosses the ocean is another reminder of our own inability to make that trip.
—Ashley Wong, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
Silence is bound up in what the books portray as an extraordinary closeness between the Biden siblings, one that borders on the telepathic.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023
A lot of these claims are bound up within big corporations and institutions, like major labels and the Recording Academy.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
The movie’s dramatic framework is bound up tightly and sealed off, and Haynes doesn’t puncture or fracture it to let in the wealth of details that the story implies—of art and money, power and presumption.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2023
As with Russia and Ukraine, Taiwan is bound up in historical grievances that may prevent Xi from thinking clearly before launching an invasion.
—Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
And because much of the stock market is bound up in the same feverish A.I.-driven stock frenzy, the message is broadly true.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
Much of the data compiled by these analyses and the lessons learned from it remains confidential, with findings often bound up in nondisclosure agreements.
—Umar Farooq, ProPublica, 2 Feb. 2024
There’s a certain element of sadness bound up in the joy of balikbayan boxes, especially this year, when every box that crosses the ocean is another reminder of our own inability to make that trip.
—Ashley Wong, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
Silence is bound up in what the books portray as an extraordinary closeness between the Biden siblings, one that borders on the telepathic.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023
A lot of these claims are bound up within big corporations and institutions, like major labels and the Recording Academy.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
The movie’s dramatic framework is bound up tightly and sealed off, and Haynes doesn’t puncture or fracture it to let in the wealth of details that the story implies—of art and money, power and presumption.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2023
As with Russia and Ukraine, Taiwan is bound up in historical grievances that may prevent Xi from thinking clearly before launching an invasion.
—Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
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“Bound up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bound%20up. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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