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banding

American  
[ban-ding] / ˈbæn dɪŋ /

noun

Furniture.
  1. decorative inlay, as for bordering or paneling a piece, composed of strips of wood contrasting in grain or color with the principal wood of the surface.


banding British  
/ ˈbændɪŋ /

noun

  1. the practice of grouping schoolchildren according to ability to ensure a balanced intake at different levels of ability to secondary school

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of banding

First recorded in 1730–40; band 2 + -ing 1

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By banding together, she says, they hoped their voices “would be heard at the FDA, which in fact, obviously they were not.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 21, 2026

President Trump says the U.S. and Latin American countries are banding together to combat violent cartels.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 9, 2026

Minneapolis is no stranger to tragedy, or to the white-hot spotlight of international media attention, or to banding together in the face of a crisis.

From Slate Feb. 11, 2026

It stopped short of striking him off the medical register, saying that his suspension - at the "upper end" of the banding - was the "most proportionate sanction".

From BBC Jan. 14, 2026

During the early years of his banding, Mr. Broley used to find 125 active nests a year on the stretch of coast he had chosen for his work.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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