Example Sentences

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The court's decisions are binding but it has no power to ensure that they are upheld.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

"Those orders are binding and operative," the letter said.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

They are binding promises—and they must be honored, especially when doing so is inconvenient.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

“Each of these women entered into settlement agreements with Simmons that are binding contracts. His serial refusal to be bound by these agreements is outrageous,” said Andrew Wilson, an attorney representing Abrams, Abernathy and Franco.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025

As he lay looking out, a little voice, so faint and far it might have come with the dawn from behind the hills: "It is no superstition that oaths are binding."

From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Robins, Elizabeth