banding

[ ban-ding ]

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

/ ˈbændɪŋ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of banding¹

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

Example Sentences

"It's absolutely incredible to think I have been born in a city with such a culture of cultures banding together," he says.

From BBC

At schools across the nation, from the University of Texas to Swarthmore College, members of Gen Z are banding together to effect change.

From Los Angeles Times

And I also think about those unsung communities and small churches and parishes in Louisiana, rural Georgia, and Eastern Kentucky where people are banding together to say that loving our neighbor means welcoming the stranger that to follow Christ means to practice a form of radical hospitality.

From Salon

Whether everyday Bangladeshis will meet this moment by banding together and not allowing old religious or political divisions to take hold is also a topic of conversation.

From BBC

Miller said decades of banding and tracking the owls has shown they typically don’t set up shop and breed elsewhere if banished from an area.

From Los Angeles Times