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
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I just don’t want to be the guy who’s saying things because he’s out of bounds or he just has his head gotten too big because now he’s got a voice on these platforms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
“The meta problem is, hey, models are going outside the bounds of what they should be doing, and doing actual cyberattacks, which I would think is in the public interest to know.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
“And certainly outside the bounds of what the U.S. Arctic Research Commission has done in the past.”
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
Bayoumi passes the camera to his son and bounds into shot to record his presence with them.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
This time it goes way left, out of bounds.
From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead
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