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  • noun Plural form of band.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of band.

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Examples

  • But, on the other hand, it is to be emphasized that those bands are separated from one another, not by the fused color of the disc, as one should infer from the article, but by _other bands_, which are, for their part, of a color similar to that present in

    Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. Various 1889

  • Now they are forming a reunion for garage bands from the 1960s and 1970s – some with celebrities, some that made it – some that are just folks who were in bands then and want to try to get their old band together, or get together with folks form other old garage bands, and play again.

    Lost post deep_bluze 2005

  • It turns out that anytime a concert happens in which at least one member of any of the bands is also a member of SOCAN, the person promoting the show is legally required to pay fees to the Society to cover copyright royalties associated with the live performance of SOCAN-member songs.

    You can always count on SOCAN 2009

  • Sending the bands is a sign of affectionate submission; and, in extremes cases the hair itself is sent.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • But Gaddafi's information minister, Moussa Ibrahim, said late on Friday the government's military retained the upper hand in both Zawiyah and Zlitan and scorned what he described as 'bands of insurgents'.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • But Gaddafi's information minister, Moussa Ibrahim, said late on Friday the government's military retained the upper hand in both Zawiyah and Zlitan and scorned what he described as 'bands of insurgents'.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • But Gaddafi's information minister, Moussa Ibrahim, said late on Friday the government's military retained the upper hand in both Zawiyah and Zlitan and scorned what he described as 'bands of insurgents'.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • But Gaddafi's information minister, Moussa Ibrahim, said late on Friday the government's military retained the upper hand in both Zawiyah and Zlitan and scorned what he described as 'bands of insurgents'.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • But Gaddafi's information minister, Moussa Ibrahim, said late on Friday the government's military retained the upper hand in both Zawiyah and Zlitan and scorned what he described as 'bands of insurgents'.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • As I write my own note in the infant’s chart, deducting the points for respiratory effort and tone and color at one minute and at five and ten, the nurse is securing her name bands around one ankle and one wrist.

    Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011

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