coapts

verb

present tense third-person singular of coapt
as in connects

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coapts
  1. connects
  2. links
  3. joins
  4. adheres
  5. clamps
  6. ties
  7. unites
  8. clips
Verb
  • Dieffenbach connects with an all-alone-again Mizell with another soaring downfield pass that became another 75-yard touchdown reception.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
  • New drone video shows progress on emergency repairs to stabilize the slope at the Moro Beach section of Crystal Cove, just below Pacific Coast Highway, where the roadway connects Newport and Laguna Beach.
    — Michele Gile, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of connects
Verb
  • Users can connect accounts through Plaid, a financial technology service that links applications with banks.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Adam Driver, for one, has danger in him, according to Gray, who cast the Oscar nominee as a former police officer who links up with the red mafia in the 1980s.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of links
Verb
  • Ultra-Orthodox parties Eisenkot also says that any party that joins him must support mandatory military service or civil service.
    — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Eisenkot also says that any party that joins him must support mandatory military service or civil service.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of joins
Verb
  • Kiko Milano Eyeshadow Stick’s formula fortunately adheres perfectly to the lids.
    — Laura Sandroni, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Roll each dough ball in powdered sugar, rolling between your palms so that sugar adheres.
    — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 17 July 2026
Definition of adheres
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  • Right when a great team clamps it down, the Chiefs frittered it away.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The twisting barrel easily clamps to hair (without pulling) and gives you long-lasting curls for up to two days.
    — Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 23 June 2026
Definition of clamps
Verb
  • Defensively, the Mustangs were able to hold the Trojans 17 points, which ties a season low.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • An economic zone for the free world can turn the tide against China, but only if the United States ties itself to the mast.
    — THEODORE BUNZEL, Foreign Affairs, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of ties
Verb
  • But the thing that unites all their work, across all phases of production, is a persistence to muscle it past whatever obstacles and challenges lie in its path.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Simon’s hospitalization unites his estranged parents, played by the always-nice-to-encounter Joaquina Kalukango and Jason Tam, who have differing opinions about whether to take him off life support.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of unites
Verb
  • Which is why golf buddies Tyler Kenney and Zach Smith founded Laced Golf, a digital device that clips onto your shoelaces and gives you real-time feedback on your stance using lights and haptic vibration.
    — Eliza Thompson, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • All of my essentials are packed in my Stowaway, which clips into my weekender as a bag organizer, and can clip out to be worn on its own as a crossbody when walking around during the day or as a clutch when going out in the evening.
    — Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 16 July 2026
Definition of clips
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