How to Use coordinate in a Sentence

coordinate

1 of 2 verb
  • You'll have to coordinate with the sales department.
  • Dancers need to coordinate their moves.
  • Since his illness, he has had trouble coordinating his arms and legs.
  • We need to coordinate our schedules.
  • She'll be coordinating the relief effort.
  • National and international relief efforts must coordinate if the operation is to be successful.
  • The goal was to figure out how best to coordinate between schools and colleges.
    Aaron R. Hanlon, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Ramirez tells Rolling Stone the message was sent to try and coordinate a meeting between Pierce and a drag-queen friend of Ramirez’s.
    Ben Shimkus, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2024
  • In the photo, the BFFs, who often coordinate their night-out outfits, posed side-by-side in the same glowy makeup look.
    Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2023
  • In some paparazzi pics, the Biebers were seen out for a date night in coordinating powder blue outfits.
    Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 16 May 2023
  • All turned out okay, but mom coordinated Uncle Todd taking Creighton to the med check.
    Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 14 May 2023
  • The colors of his socks—also yellow and green—coordinated with the whole outfit.
    Ruth E. Carter, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 May 2023
  • Chuck Diehl, the boys’ father, was coordinating video coverage of the game.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The Juno team was careful to coordinate two flybys of Io to increase the chances of seeing changes between the encounters, Bolton says.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The five hosts coordinated their return as well: Oliver’s show was back Sunday and the rest Monday.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • As of Saturday, the group was feeding and coordinating 7,200 meals a day.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2023
  • One of the leaders of the office was in Maine this week helping coordinate the federal response.
    Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2023
  • David will play a key role himself in coordinating and helping to drive the process of change and development at CNN.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Alba and Teigen both opted to rock silver gowns for the festivities, with the guys in black tuxedos to coordinate.
    Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Try a trendy silky wide-leg pant in a jewel-tone emerald green hue paired with a turtleneck sweater in the coordinating color like Hilary Duff.
    Sarah Ball, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
  • These groups need to coordinate their efforts to make the discoveries that will address these diseases as a class.
    Olivia Casey, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
  • In looking at the videos from the Russian concert hall attack, Mr. Clarke said that the four attackers seemed well coordinated.
    Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Many stakeholders convene meetings to coordinate plans, from police to businesses along the route and the sports team.
    Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Bainbridge said staff and counselors would coordinate with the students' home school districts.
    Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The Spanish musician, 31, and The Bear actor, 32, sported coordinating all-black looks, with Rosalía adding pops of pink for a dose of color.
    Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2024
  • View full post on Instagram Later in the evening, the duo changed into coordinating all-black outfits.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 July 2023
  • Fancy up the look with a coordinating brown blazer like Jennifer Lopez’s and some statement earrings or shoes.
    Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Slack can be a great tool to coordinate your overreaction.
    WIRED, 31 July 2023
  • But the real standout of Lawrence’s outfit was her coordinating headscarf, draped over her head and tied under her chin like a babushka.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The zipper pull, strap, and stitching are all nicely coordinated, adding up to a bag that wouldn’t look out of place in your everyday rotation.
    Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2023
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coordinate

2 of 2 noun
  • We calculated its exact coordinates.
  • The coordinates of a new target in Bakhmut had been called in.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The Coast Guard provided the coordinates of the boat, which was two miles away from where the man was found.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Teams had to provide the exact coordinates of the items.
    Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 23 Aug. 2019
  • The way to find the caches is by downloading GPS coordinates.
    Pete Zimowsky, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Two of the cyclists went to the trail head to meet with emergency crews and give them GPS coordinates to the hikers.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 17 July 2023
  • Some of the hospitals had shared their coordinates with the UN to avoid being hit.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2023
  • After the two teams couldn’t find the woman, the helicopter team flew down the canyon and found her and her dog about 2 miles from the coordinates.
    Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
  • There are a dozen of options that can track your pace, your heart rate and even give you a GPS coordinate of your route.
    Sponsored Content With Sun & Ski Sports, Houston Chronicle, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Armed with the new coordinates, the Lost 52 Project was able to target the area where the wreck was subsequently found.
    Fox News, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Each 100-block is assigned to a county based on the billing coordinates of the exchange.
    ABC News, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Gray walls and flooring coordinate with the black-and-white accent tiles.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Anyway, inside the envelope is a map with the coordinates of where Big John thought the boat was.
    Jean Bentley, refinery29.com, 16 Apr. 2020
  • The coordinates of Earhart’s plane were miles behind them.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • And that through Max Clifford the coordinates were given to a paparazzi.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The 43-year-old coordinates the game plan, calls plays and helps coach quarterbacks.
    Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Inherent in the vector space approach is the idea that our coordinate system is based on straight lines, and the space is flat.
    Ian Stewart, Wired, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Many of those coordinates were indeed right in front of someone's house, a few feet away from the location of the camera.
    Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Shaman passed another set of coordinates down to the soldiers operating the howitzers on the ground for the next wave of fire.
    Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The team found Cho’s body under a thin layer of snow at the GPS coordinates provided by a member of the climbing party, the post said.
    Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Other measurements included the distance from the waterline and from the dunes, the depth of the eggs, and GPS coordinates.
    Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 29 June 2023
  • As soon as the grass sprouts, the grass-hoppers are off: grabbing the cushions, polishing the coffeepots, checking the GPS coordinates, and starting up the car.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Feb. 2023
  • In the dugout, a Ukrainian soldier reached for a round as his commander recited coordinates for their first shot of the day.
    Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023
  • This point of the Vernal Equinox on the celestial equator defines the zero hour of R.A. in our coordinate system.
    Curtis Roelle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 6 Mar. 2021
  • The 911 coordinate placed them approximately four miles north of Arethusa Falls in the vicinity of the railroad tracks, the press release said.
    BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2021
  • First used in Afghanistan, the bombs home in on coordinates with the help of GPS signals, greatly boosting accuracy.
    Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2023
  • But the crew might have to calculate the target’s coordinates using a map and protractor.
    David Axe, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2023
  • But the slackers lost, and the coordinates that oriented their fist-shaking are inside out and backward.
    Malcolm Harris, The New Republic, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Near him sat a pilot, who, along with two tugs on either side, kept the boat dredging the right coordinates as winches pulled in anchors set far upstream.
    USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Testing on track is a good way to see how well its programs can recognize a coordinate down to a few centimeters.
    Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 24 Dec. 2022

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