wristband
Americannoun
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wristbands
plural
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the band of a sleeve, especially that of a shirt sleeve, that covers the wrist.
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a strap attached to a wrist watch and worn around the wrist.
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a sweatband worn on the wrist to absorb perspiration.
noun
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a band around the wrist, esp one attached to a watch or forming part of a long sleeve
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a sweatband around the wrist
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"The story of the wristband is, when we went to meet with the prime minister, he offered us this wristband," says midfielder Vitinha.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
On May 26, Google will ship the Fitbit Air, a $100 no-display wristband aimed at comfortable, long-term monitoring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Cavill co-founded a company that uses a wristband to predict women’s hot flashes, paired with a cooling mattress pad, so she knows a thing or two about sensors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
When at the Christian festival, her colour-coded child wristband was clearly on show, she told police.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
I wasn’t mad that Vonetta had gotten the Timex with the pink wristband and couldn’t hold on to it, while mine is plain brown and still on my arm.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Nontransferable passes—festival wristbands, corporate seats, badges issued in someone else’s name—are listed anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
They then noticed hospital wristbands wrapped around the waist that read: "Baby Jasmine Beverley, born on 13/05/22 at 05:04".
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
They then saw two hospital wristbands wrapped around the waist that read "Baby of Jasmine Beverley, born on 13/05/22 at 05:04", Paxton said.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
At Terminal 5, his aides were windswept, screaming at one another because no one had the wristbands.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
Their genre is emo, and its basically a sea of bangs and wristbands and tears.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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