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bandied

  • past participle of bandy.
  • past tense form of bandy.

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Then, that data slab feeds off other sources to grow into a full-on digital dossier of your consumer attributes, bandied from advertiser to vendor to advertiser.

From Slate May 3, 2026

Among the proposals bandied about was Pakistan hosting a meeting between U.S. and Iranian senior leaders, the officials said, adding that the U.S. quickly warmed to that idea.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 24, 2026

Sir George is frequently bandied about as the so-called fifth Beatle.

From Salon Jan. 15, 2026

The term “gadfly” often is bandied about local government to describe those who never miss a public meeting.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 10, 2025

But he was not a mover-and-shaker, only a draftsman; the words he wrote were merely the lyrical expression of ideas that had been bandied about in the Congress and the various colonial legislatures for years.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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