Noun : a band of protesters. ,rock band; calypso band; mariachi band. ,a renegade band.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : They banded together to oust the chairman.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : a band on each bunch of watercress. ,a band for the hair; a band for connecting pulleys. ,a cigar band. ,a thin gold band on his finger.    From Dictionary.com. 

The dress is a wool/cashmere blend flannel and the green banding is Irish linen.    From Wordnik.com.  [October 2006] Reference

I think the most compelling argument in favor of no age banding is the harm it might do to adult literacy and English Language learners.    From Wordnik.com.  [But enough about you. Or me.] Reference

This is known as banding and is always worse on large areas of similar tones such as sky.    From Wordnik.com.  [ePHOTOzine News Feed] Reference

The world's natural gas-rich powers have toyed with the idea of banding together for years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Israpundit] Reference

Garden City Commissioner Reynaldo Mesa said he liked the idea of banding together to support a new plan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dodge City Daily Globe Home RSS] Reference

Liz does some deep thinking on age banding, which is quite a hot topic in my corner of the woods right now.    From Wordnik.com.  [The WritingYA Weblog: News of the Weird] Reference

Market the idea of banding together the knowledgeable worker-bees as a way to get more influence with their bosses.    From Wordnik.com.  [CIO News] Reference

"banding" - concealing differences in performance by lumping ranges of scores together.    From Wordnik.com.  [VDARE.com - Latest Articles] Reference

The attached picture shows what I mean by "banding".    From Wordnik.com.  [VideoHelp.com Forum] Reference

With all the various shades of red, I was afraid of seeing some "banding".    From Wordnik.com.  [SoundtrackNet] Reference

And in the end, that kind of banding together is one reason why so many independent businesses are attracted to franchises.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entrepreneur.com: Latest Articles] Reference

The "banding" set near the corner of Main and Harwood used to be the cornice pieces for the buildings that once stood at that location.    From Wordnik.com.  [PegasusNews.com stories] Reference

"banding," a way of visualizing segments of chromosomes with more precision.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

I don't think this is the 'banding' or 'corduroy' issue discussed in the forum with 5d's and other models.    From Wordnik.com.  [News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)] Reference

Cheryl smiled and turned back to banding her bills.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hundred Dollar Hit] Reference

I chose banding over bypass because I think it's better.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Dieting and Exercise Failed, Teen Chose Surgery] Reference

It's a vast improvement over banding birds 'legs with numbers.    From Wordnik.com.  [ZOOS: HIGH-SKY BIRD'S EYE] Reference

From what I've learned, it'll be different with gastric banding.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Dieting and Exercise Failed, Teen Chose Surgery] Reference

Some physicians are banding together to advocate for patients 'rights.    From Wordnik.com.  [Healing Medicine] Reference

We are banding together without any instruction from you or any aid society.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference

Boyd caught it up and pulled off the leather string banding its dented crown.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference

A brown shape with a V of lighter fur banding its back crossed the far range of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Storm Over Warlock] Reference

Locating concentrations of nutrition close to seeds or seedlings is called "banding.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference

Fielding surgically constricted a teen's stomach with a procedure called gastric banding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Teens' Gastric Bands Usage Raises Questions] Reference

In tough times, Americans are banding together to solve problems in their own communities.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Volunteering in Civic Activities Remains Strong] Reference

What if preybots, say, begin banding together and acting as a herd for their own protection?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hard-Wired For Survival] Reference

The rapid growth of Groupon has shown the power of consumers banding together for discounts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rachel Botsman: Goodbye Hyper-Consumption, Hello Collaborative Consumption] Reference

The spokesman said many academies had adopted banding to help reflect their communities better.    From Wordnik.com.  [Barnardo's criticises 'unfair' state school system] Reference

Their leader, a slender man with dusty gold lace banding his high collar, came directly to Rennie.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rebel Spurs] Reference

I believe gastric banding is simply less invasive and safer than gastric bypass, and it's reversible.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Dieting and Exercise Failed, Teen Chose Surgery] Reference

Angry citizens were banding together to protest, sometimes violently, a wave of mortgage foreclosures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reinventing Newsweek] Reference

Now, pro-choicers hope, banding together against Roberts may be just what they need to get back in the fight.    From Wordnik.com.  [ROE'S ARMY RELOADS] Reference

Then, about a year ago, his parents went to a seminar about a new procedure called laparoscopic gastric banding.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Dieting and Exercise Failed, Teen Chose Surgery] Reference

On the other hand, the major developing countries have realized that negotiating power comes with banding together.    From Wordnik.com.  [Business: Going Up In Flames] Reference

Reading about families banding together to face daily issues on a local and regional level is uplifting and reassuring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters to the Magazine] Reference

It isn't hard to imagine future coalitions of like-minded voters banding together across state lines to vote strategically.    From Wordnik.com.  [Meet Nader's Traders] Reference

It was seen as largely succeeding in its recent efforts to gain control by preventing other claimants from banding together.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary Clinton Changes America's China Policy] Reference

The trio were banding together, they announced with breezy assurance, to create a new movie, music, animation and television empire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hollywood Poker] Reference