Definition of synchronizenext
as in to accompany
to occur or exist at the same time the subtitles must synchronize with the movie's spoken dialogue

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Recent Examples of synchronize How was everyone synchronizing their clocks a hundred years ago? Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026 The city's blueprint will help Hong Kong synchronize with and serve the national development plan while upholding a free-market economy, Tse said. ABC News, 15 June 2026 Turbines linked to power lines must strive for the opposite—a steady output that synchronizes with the grid’s frequency—primarily 50 or 60 hertz. IEEE Spectrum, 15 June 2026 In the 18th century, Christiaan Huygens observed that two pendulum clocks mounted on the same support could synchronize through tiny vibrations. Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 14 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for synchronize
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Verb
  • Bilateral tensions have eased after periods of conflict, often accompanied by a revival of commercial and cultural ties.
    Michael Kugelman, Time, 26 June 2026
  • Bolton shared over 1,000 pages of diary-style information about his daily duties as national security advisor with his family members, according to a court filing accompanying his guilty plea.
    Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
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  • Trump is expected to deliver remarks, and the event coincides with the Great American State Fair and a FIFA World Cup watch party on the National Mall.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • With the country cash-strapped, the Arab Spring of 2011 set off a wave of mass migration into Europe, which coincided with the widespread perception that the extra numbers were placing further strains on already creaking resources of jobs, housing and healthcare.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 23 June 2026
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  • Eventually, though, that piece of Jamon could no longer coexist with the size of his son’s ambition.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 June 2026
  • Analysis of zinc isotopes preserved in fossilized shark teeth, published in Nature Communications in 2022, found that when great white sharks and megalodon coexisted during the Pliocene, their diets overlapped significantly, both feeding high up the same food chain on marine mammals.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026

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“Synchronize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synchronize. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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