Thesaurus results for BONDS

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noun

Definition of bonds

plural of bond

as in handcuffs

something that physically prevents free movement before they could release the captive, they had to undo a number of bonds

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as in links

a uniting or binding force or influence the bond of love between them was so strong that even death could not break it

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as in contracts

a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation signed a bond to repay the money

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as in glues

a substance used to stick things together what type of bond works best on ceramics?

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bonds

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bond

as in communes

to form a close personal relationship a man attempting to bond with his new and mistrustful stepson

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Recent Examples of bonds

Noun

When a buyback operation retires $4 billion of 30-year bonds, that borrowing need grows by $4 billion, and with coupon auction sizes frozen, the marginal instrument is the bill. — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 In total, there were 25 sales and purchases of stocks, bonds and ETFs in that range. — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026 But the City Council still must take additional steps before public funding is put toward the project, including approving the issuance of bonds to fund the $600 million package. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2026 Someone needed to break those bonds to deliver a decisive outcome at Tustin High. — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 21 Aug. 2026 Romantic, criminal and naughty hijinks ensue and bonds are tested — and ultimately reinforced. — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Israel Bonds function as general obligation bonds used by Israel where needed most. — Dr. Andrew M. Hutter, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026 Iran has traditionally maintained good relations with Turkey and Pakistan; its cultural bonds with these two countries are strong and go back centuries. — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026

Verb

The mop-haired actor plays Joey, a spunky boy onboard who bonds with Maddie over having absent parents in the military. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 Nigel Starck, too, argues that obituaries provide a glue that bonds society not in grief but in an aspirational reevaluation of our own lives. — Sam Roberts, Longreads, 11 Aug. 2026 Gaby bonds with a new, albeit reluctant, patient, Maya (Sherry Cola), only to be devastated when Maya takes her own life. — Maureen Lee Lenker, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 In the film, Field portrays Tova, the cleaning lady who bonds with the somewhat cranky Marcellus, an octopus wise behind his years, in Netflix’s screen adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt’s bestselling novel. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 8 July 2026 Once there, Emily bonds with four other counselors — played by Alice Wordsworth, Cherry Moore, Lea Rose Sebastianis and Ella Reece — who begin to explore their witchy reality together. — William Earl, Variety, 26 June 2026 Every one of these chips, Jalapeño included, depends on Taiwan Semiconductor for advanced fabrication and the specialized packaging that bonds compute and memory into a single working part. — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 Catholicism also bonds together our people, particularly our diverse immigrant groups. — Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 18 June 2026 The narrator and his wife find that their attachment to the charismatic and cryptic Chibi grows with the cat’s increasing visits, in a way that bewilders them but somehow bonds them closer together. — Literary Hub, 9 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bonds

Noun

The confrontation continued into the hallway, where security officers pinned Miller face-down to the floor and placed him in handcuffs.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2026
Video taken after Jando’s arrest shows him being escorted in handcuffs by a squad of Mexican commandos.

— Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of handcuffs

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There are a litany of reasons to distrust Google’s AI Overviews, which now appear at the top of its search results above links to actual websites.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 20 Aug. 2026
Aparicio is not hard on Adela for this deafness, perhaps because there are so many links between the character and the director’s own history.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of links

Noun

The council moved that bureau forward last year, and a spokesperson for the Housing Department said that seven positions have been hired within the bureau handling contracts and data oversight.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
On Monday, members of DeFlock DC, a grassroots group dedicated to ending all contracts between the Metropolitan Police Department and Flock, explained to the group how these controversial cameras work and where they are located throughout the city.

— Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of contracts

Verb

Each and every item relates in some way to the novel’s storyline, yet miraculously, many of the objects were sourced before the book was even written.

— CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026
Holland’s Spider-Man relates more personally to everyone — friends and foes — than any other superhero; his scenes with the Punisher (Jon Bernthal), Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), Det.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of relates

Noun

Next came an exhibition around a creepy Howdy Doody-ish figure that met countless violent fates while being cast about mechanistically on chains in 2016.

— Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 20 Aug. 2026
By the end of the 1920s, major theater chains were dispensing with the organists and pit orchestras that had accompanied silent films.

— David Woodard, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of chains

Noun

According to an affidavit, law enforcement officials believe Tuz-Noh has ties to a drug trafficking organization.

— City News Service, Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026
Isa, who has served as a diplomat at the Japanese Embassy in China, wrote on X earlier this month that bilateral ties have sunk to their worst since the 1972 normalization of relations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

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