wristband
Americannoun
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wristbands
plural
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the band of a sleeve, especially that of a shirt sleeve, that covers the wrist.
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a strap attached to a wrist watch and worn around the wrist.
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a sweatband worn on the wrist to absorb perspiration.
noun
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a band around the wrist, esp one attached to a watch or forming part of a long sleeve
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a sweatband around the wrist
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Origin of wristband
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Whoop, which provides its wristband as part of memberships starting at $199 a year, represents 1.9%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
"The story of the wristband is, when we went to meet with the prime minister, he offered us this wristband," says midfielder Vitinha.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Whoop’s screenless wristband has locked millions of fitness-minded users into a subscription model and counts backing from sports superstars such as LeBron James and Cristiano Ronaldo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
When at the Christian festival, her colour-coded child wristband was clearly on show, she told police.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
She’s the only girl I know who wears a watch and the wristband is a gleaming gold bracelet.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
Jack McGrail and Aiyana Da’Briel, staff leaders for the SoLa Live Accelerator program behind the event, seemed to be everywhere at once, passing out wristbands and scribbling on clipboards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
They then saw two hospital wristbands wrapped around the waist that read "Baby of Jasmine Beverley, born on 13/05/22 at 05:04", Paxton said.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
At Terminal 5, his aides were windswept, screaming at one another because no one had the wristbands.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
At the suggestion of her mother, Tina Frank, she had campaign buttons and wristbands made.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
I put it on, along with the Raiders wristbands and Raiders cap.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
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