bounds
Britishplural noun
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(sometimes singular) a limit; boundary (esp in the phrase know no bounds )
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something that restrains or confines, esp the standards of a society
within the bounds of modesty
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See beat
Example Sentences
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Appeared in the October 7, 2025, print edition as 'The Ryder Cup Rowdiness Was Out of Bounds'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025
According to Ms Bounds, the family's tragedy has been made more painful by the slow, nearly non-existent trickle of communications they've had with local authorities.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2025
In 2023, the state agency began its investigation into Leaps and Bounds, a private preschool and elementary school with locations in Escondido, La Puente and Fontana.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2024
“It’s not going to help me - I’m through mining,” said Bounds, 75, who now uses supplemental oxygen to breathe.
From Washington Times • Jul. 24, 2023
Bounds had been set to this unhallowed purgatory.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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