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coordinate

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noun

as in equivalent
one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value the Nobel Memorial Award for Economic Science is universally regarded as the coordinate of the original Nobel Prizes for peace, literature, medicine, physics, and chemistry

Synonyms & Similar Words

coordinate

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adjective

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Recent Examples of coordinate
Verb
The x-axis and y-axis show the two dimensions of a coordinate plane. Dave Linkletter, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2022 Cedarburg City Administrator Mikko Hilvo said his Ozaukee County community has been hearing from citizens about the city's coordinate address system, too. Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2022
Noun
Williams added their office is working on a data-tracking system to monitor arrests and cases from the special unit task force and is coordinating with court officials to set up a night court in the event of an increase in cases. Hanna Park, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025 Madrid Film Office works daily to support productions, coordinating with city services to streamline permits and promote filming across all 21 districts. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
But Grant, now 30, also has mixed some into ink, and has a Columbine, Michelle’s favorite flower, tattooed on his left forearm with the coordinates of her final resting place on Holy Cross. Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025 After the wreck site is properly surveyed, the coordinates are released so people can dive to explore it. Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for coordinate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coordinate
Verb
  • Nor can this ruling be reconciled with the Court’s decisions in many other cases — including recent rulings that allowed lower court orders to block pro-immigrant policies under the Biden administration.
    Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Since then, his daughter, Kerri Rawson, has publicly discussed having to reconcile the truth about her father, a churchgoer and former Cub Scout leader, with the reality of his vicious crimes.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When first published in Iceland in 2018, Eva BjörgÆgisdóttir was hailed as one of the most talented non ew crime authors, along the lines of Arnaldur Indriðason, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Ragnar Jónasson or Lilja Sigurdardottir, thanks to her ability to blend Nordic Noir with psychological depth.
    Annika Pham, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Over a mashup of fiddles and guitars, Tod and Jennings blend their rough-hewn voices on a song about consequences for older vices and choices, pondering when the consequences of those actions outweigh the vices themselves.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Despite a disparaging 1-3 start to the year for Florida, SEC Network’s College GameDay equivalent, SEC Nation, set up camp in GainesvilleSaturday.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Last month, Evercore analysts joined the overwhelming Street consensus and downgraded Texas Roadhouse from a buy-equivalent to a neutral rating.
    Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Rankings for the Top Movie Songs chart are based on song and film data provided by Tunefind and ranked using a formula blending that data with sales and streaming information tracked by Luminate during the corresponding period of August 2025.
    Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2025
  • However, one of the corresponding moves was the team designating Alek Manoah for assignment.
    Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • More than 2,000 years ago, the Babylonians split that band of sky into twelve equal parts that correspond with twelve constellations.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
  • In our present-day Universe, that corresponds to a distance that’s approximately 18 billion light-years away.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While black women were more likely to die from any kind of breast cancer, for certain types of breast cancer black women had up to a 50% higher risk of dying than their white counterparts.
    Dr. Noor Shaik, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Polis has sought to avoid public fights with the federal government over immigration, unlike his more publicly defiant counterparts in Illinois and California.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Though Tomasso has always been a big superhero and sci-fi fan, the very first picture of them together in the matching T-shirts was taken by chance.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The star also wore a matching red skirt with a slit.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, sometimes, the right play happens for the correlating gossip.
    Charlotte Wilder, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • La Niña years have historically correlated with dry weather in California, but hotter conditions can also mean that precipitation arrives in the form of stronger, potentially hazardous storms, amplifying flood risks.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Coordinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coordinate. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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