ALIGNMENT Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

alignment

noun

variants also alinement

as in layout

the way objects in space are arranged in proper relation to one another The alignment of the text with the pictures is off.

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Recent Examples of alignment The company also highlighted improvements in alignment and safety behavior. —

Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026 But as the session continued, and legislation began to emerge out of committees, the alignment business leaders had felt with legislators began to shift. —

P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026 Leverkusen’s alignment in possession was essentially a 3-box-3, which will be familiar to Chelsea fans from Enzo Maresca’s tenure over the past two seasons. —

Liam Twomey, New York Times, 17 May 2026 The way a leader engages people — how trust is built, how alignment is created, how dissent is handled — ultimately determines whether decisions translate into outcomes. —

Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for alignment

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Rescue divers were asked to return to the cave site on Sunday morning to prepare for a potential mission to search deeper in the cave network for the pair, after the survivors provided a new map of the layout.

— Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
Perhaps the differences will show up in the King Bed floor plan, one of two floor plans listed on the Apex X23 website, but the Twin Bed layout pictured follows the Twin Bed configuration of Oliver's Legacy Elite II trailer quite closely, possibly right down to its very last inch.

— C.C. Weiss May 30, New Atlas, 30 May 2026