How to Use misalign in a Sentence
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From that view, you and your friend might be misaligned.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2026
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But with an early or late spring, those events can get misaligned.
—Berly McCoy, NPR, 2 Mar. 2026
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Among the issues on which they were misaligned was trade relations.
—Leslie Vinjamuri, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2022
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This is a year to trust your instincts and let go of anything that feels misaligned with your values.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, refinery29.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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Things will go off and on the rails on the way there, naturally; the leads will align and misalign.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2020
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The threat is the ease with which new models can be wrapped, misaligned and shipped before the next news cycle.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 7 May 2025
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When those systems are misaligned, even powerful tools fall short.
—Marjorie Parker, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
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Finally, none of this works if your marketing and sales teams are misaligned.
—Deepak Bansal, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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If leadership is misaligned with shareholders, no beat will save the stock.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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If even one of these is misaligned, the whole transformation suffers.
—Rahul Bhatia, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
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Not because the tech doesn't work, but because the incentives are misaligned.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
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When misaligned, chaos often ensues.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
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When coils are misaligned, energy is often lost as heat, which is also not good for battery health.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 30 Aug. 2024
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So because of the cervical dystonia, my, head twists to the right and is misaligned.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Apr. 2026
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That leads to the axis of spin of the magnetar and that of the accretion disk being misaligned.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Mar. 2026
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The moment a box is misaligned or a human steps into its path, performance degrades.
—Ashutosh Saxena, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
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The actor sported an overbite and is front teeth is misaligned so that one of them is directly in the middle of his mouth .
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 11 Aug. 2024
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Next, identify which elements are misaligned with your values or goals.
—Inga Bielińska, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
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The outline of the jaw jitters faintly—two layers are ever so slightly misaligned.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2026
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Shift workers often work at schedules that are misaligned with the circadian rhythm of the human body.
—Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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That was two years ago, and already, the clunky GAN looks dated, the dolls glitchy and dirty, their eyes misaligned.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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But this is misaligned with a market that is highly digitized, driven by real-time feedback.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 24 Feb. 2026
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Each morning as the helicopter warms up and recharges, the blackout from the previous night will misalign the mission clock.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 June 2022
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On top of that, the star's core is misaligned with its outer envelope, with their spins pointing in different directions.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 26 Nov. 2025
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But in the meantime, the situation is in flux, the industry is misaligned, and consumers are confused.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2025
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Do certain members need to divest if their goals are fundamentally misaligned?
—Belinda G. Schwartz, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2026
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Many of these requirements are misaligned with the realities on the ground in the Pacific.
—Charles Edel, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
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The page layout for the crossword on July 3 was misaligned, cutting off several clues.
—Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 July 2025
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Maybe the strategy was sound but misaligned with the client’s unspoken goals; or maybe the creative was strong, but the timing and targeting were off.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 24 Feb. 2026
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Many other holidays have equally been misaligned with their original intent and turned into something they were not meant to be.
—Faith Barton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2023
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