coordinates 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of coordinate

coordinates

2 of 2

noun

plural of coordinate
as in equivalents
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

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Recent Examples of coordinates
Verb
The company coordinates about 80 million orders a year for thousands of customers, according to Omair Tariq, co-founder and CEO. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026 The demonstration is intended to show how the system coordinates multiple actions while maintaining context throughout a task. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026 One is a zinc protease, where the positive charge of the zinc atom coordinates the peptide bond that’s being broken, key parts of the protease, and a water molecule. — ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026 Stripes bring a little personality to a capsule filled with neutral staples, and the Zesica Oversized Sweater still coordinates with practically everything else in your suitcase. — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2026 The grid, which supplies and coordinates wholesale power across 13 states and the District of Columbia, faces major challenges as demand, particularly from data centers, outstrips available supply. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 Her operation coordinates thousands of employees, hundreds of kitchens, farmers, technology, and distribution, delivering over 600,000 meals each day to children across more than 1,500 schools. — Trevor Noah, Time, 30 Sep. 2026 Buses are equipped with Transit Signal Priority technology, which coordinates with traffic signals to allow more efficient movement through intersections. — Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 An enterprise assistant sits on top of your platforms and coordinates them. — Amirtha Saminathan, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
Either way, the goods are eventually transferred to a driver working with the thieves to resell the gear, and, in one of the largest thefts, tracking coordinates were spoofed to prevent digital monitoring. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026 See for yourself by toting it alongside your activewear, corpcore coordinates, little black dresses, and everything in between. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026 Users submit coordinates of rat sightings (dead or alive) alongside a short report on the setting. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 16 Oct. 2026 Intelligent dispatch software coordinates charging schedules with fleet demands to keep equipment operating without interruption and without relying on the grid. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026 Getting answers requires hunting for clues scattered throughout the text; for example, looking for differences in images on the book’s website and illustrations in the book, or using certain page numbers as map coordinates. — Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026 Because the malware reads those touch coordinates at a low level, protections that normally hide PIN digits from screen readers do not stop this technique. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 As recent writing on dance and cognition suggests, choreography is not simply a map of moving coordinates. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 The narrator of The Radiance, also named Ayad Akhtar, is a Pakistani American playwright and novelist who has ostensibly written the books Akhtar has written and shares many of the same biographical coordinates. — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coordinates
Verb
  • Ted shares an emotional reunion with Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein), reconciles with Coach Beard (Brendan Hunt) and gets ready to work again with Higgins (Jeremy Swift), Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) and Keeley (Juno Temple).
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026
  • So is a sales, inventory, and operations planning cadence that continuously reconciles demand, inventory, capacity, and constraints across tiers.
    — Jean-Louis Rassineux, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • Opened in 1923, La Mamounia originated as a 18th-century estate gifted by Sultan Mohammed Ben Abdallah and blends Arab-Andalusian heritage with Art Deco glamour.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The trend blends landscape design with wellness thinking, turning ordinary yards into immersive retreats built to calm the body through scent, sound, texture and water.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The order exempts stops at ports of entry, checkpoints and other functional equivalents of the border.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The company held almost $132 billion in cash, equivalents and short-term investments at the end of June.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Sensory input signals go through the brainstem before being directed to the center of the brain that corresponds to that sense.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Neither corresponds to any investigation, case, incident, or call for service.
    — Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Industry partners could eventually manufacture and distribute the device under licensing arrangements.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
  • The long running legal battle centers on allegations that the league and its 32 teams conspired in violation of antitrust laws to allow the NFL to reach exclusive deals with broadcast partners for the right to air out-of-market games.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Kwan’s push to expand the family office’s geographical footprint correlates with global wealth flows, as HNWIs worldwide look to diversify their assets across different geographies.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • But here in Texas, patio weather also correlates with football season, pumpkins and cider.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • But defense lawyer Wada said they were seldom used when the detention was shorter than two weeks, leaving minors to face similar conditions to their adult counterparts.
    — Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • In another warning sign for Republicans, Kansas’ Democratic gubernatorial nominee Cindy Holscher and Senate nominee Adam Hamilton both narrowly led their Republican counterparts, within the poll’s margin of error.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But even in considering the easy road ahead, there are still chances to see how Dallas matches up with some of the NFC’s top squads.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The partial exception is Black Beauty, which has a bulk chemistry that matches orbital measurements.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2026

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“Coordinates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coordinates. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.

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