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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chording
  1. corresponding
  2. coinciding
  3. conforming
  4. rhyming
  5. harmonizing
  6. fitting
Verb
  • Klimoska has been part of the Talents Sarajevo program at Sarajevo Film Festival, and the corresponding scheme at the Berlinale.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
  • Putnam notes that each vessel carries a distinct color corresponding to its stage of life—yellow for birth, red for growth and blue for rebirth.
    — Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of corresponding
Verb
  • Concerns over public health, drug use, safety and the cost to emergency services have helped fuel local policies to build more shelters, coinciding with drops in the number of people living on the street.
    — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 23 July 2026
  • Nevertheless, shares of CrowdStrike and fellow Club cyber name Palo Alto Networks fell nearly 2% Wednesday, coinciding with a broader pullback in enterprise software stocks in the session.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 22 July 2026
Definition of coinciding
Verb
  • These include completing the Critical Design Review (CDR) by the end of 2026, which will establish the certifiable design baseline for the aircraft and enable the production and testing of certification-conforming models.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
  • Whenever there is irregular talent, someone capable of breaking their role’s conventions, there are arguments about conforming to orthodoxy.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 18 July 2026
Definition of conforming
Verb
  • If the cheerily rhyming title about murder doesn’t quite do it for you, just Google what the posters look like.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
  • This long-suffering Knicks fan said his rationale for including the prognostication may have had more to do with rhyming than any actual belief.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Definition of rhyming
Verb
  • In a United conference room tucked away from the commotion of the terminal, the musicians get out their instruments and are harmonizing a few seconds later.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Other ideas include federal preemption for critical areas like frontier AI, setting national goals, or harmonizing state laws through federal templates.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of harmonizing
Verb
  • That reality depends on localized AI fitting seamlessly into everyday devices — something that’s been a persistent engineering hurdle.
    — Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026
  • Opponents see both quarterbacks fitting well with their new schemes and play callers.
    — Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of fitting
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“Chording.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chording. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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