as in adhesion
a physical sticking to as if by glue
this epoxy has good bonding for glass and ceramics
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as in communing
to form a close personal relationship
a man attempting to bond with his new and mistrustful stepson
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Recent Examples of bonding
Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
Some children may have dietary restrictions, so sorting the candy together can also be a helpful bonding activity.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
In The Last of Us, Ellie was a precocious teen, and the players needed a road trip story to see her and Joel’s eventually familial bonding take root.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
The royal has even successfully introduced eldest son Prince George, 11, to the sport, and cheering at matches has become a consistent father-son bonding activity for the two over the years.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement For a team welcoming more than a half-dozen new players, a long road trip also can be a bonding exercise, especially this early in the season.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
Some children may have dietary restrictions, so sorting the candy together can also be a helpful bonding activity.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
In The Last of Us, Ellie was a precocious teen, and the players needed a road trip story to see her and Joel’s eventually familial bonding take root.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
The royal has even successfully introduced eldest son Prince George, 11, to the sport, and cheering at matches has become a consistent father-son bonding activity for the two over the years.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
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Our polish formula includes a proprietary blend of adhesion promoters, basically the things that make your polish last the longest, that react to specific wavelengths of light, and then our lamp, in conjunction, emits those two wavelengths to cure the polish thoroughly and quickly.Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Running an electrical current through the glue will cause adhesion to lessen, allowing the battery to be removed without the previous use of heat guns, prybars, and brute force.Ewan Spence, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
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The point of view has shifted but the temptation to speak in bulldozing generalizations—to dismiss entire populations as inherently backwards and violent—clings like a wet sock.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 June 2024
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To deactivate the cling, swipe a dryer sheet on the problem surface areas.Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2024
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Federal judges denied two states’ requests to bar the Justice Department (DOJ) from dispatching lawyers to monitor adherence to federal voting rights laws on Election Day.Ella Lee, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Philippi allegedly repeatedly espoused his adherence to white supremacist and accelerationist ideologies which promote the idea that a destabilizing terrorist attack on something like the nation's energy sectors could serve to incite unrest that leads to civil war, according to prosecutors.Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Bonding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bonding. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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