CHORDING Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

chording

verb

present participle of chord

as in corresponding

to be in agreement on every point the revised system chords perfectly with the original goals

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According to objections filed by his lawyers, the pre-sentencing report calculates an offense level corresponding to an advisory sentencing range of 262 to 327 months, or about 22 to 27 years.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
With no timeline for return, and no corresponding roster move the local media is only left with the information they are given by the team.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of corresponding

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Black officers constitute less than 9% of the force, coinciding with a decline in the city’s Black population.

— Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Another standalone film, the Ryan Gosling-starring Starfighter, is due out in May 2027, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of A New Hope.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of coinciding

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There are parallels to be drawn in the MAGA crowd pining for the conforming jingoism of the 1950s.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2026
What’s Happening Photobiomodulation, better known as red light therapy, has moved out of dermatology clinics and into body-conforming consumer wearables like masks, belts, wraps and pods.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of conforming

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While Polo and Nolo — whose rhyming names are a complete coincidence — are kicking, Hurricane Odalys is also active directly between them both.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026
While Questlove gushed about Black Thought’s lyrical prowess in high school, his longtime rap counterpart returned the praise, thanking him for introducing a level of musicality that changed his approach to rhyming.

— Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of rhyming

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This is a technology, which Sheeran mastered in his early years as a busker, that lets a guy perform with himself, in echoes, alone, harmonizing with his own voice.

— Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026
Aligning subsidies is also critical, because maintaining fair competition among North American companies and scaling up entire cross-border supply chains will be difficult without harmonizing how each country’s government supports its industry.

— Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of harmonizing

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