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
Her LIFTed framework coordinates legal, insurance, financial, and tax planning, closing the gaps between advisors who typically work in isolation. Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 Here, Varghese coordinates their physical therapy, builds their braces, fabricates their prostheses, and operates on their limbs, should things come to that. Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026 The team used MedUSA, a manufacturing platform that coordinates three robotic arms. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026 Authority defines what the system can do, while orchestration coordinates the systems and people involved. Robert Kramer, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 The executive also coordinates and supervises county departments and is responsible for submitting an annual balanced budget to the Legislature. Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026 The Coalition for Open Democracy coordinates voter registration and outreach efforts across New Hampshire and filed suit to block the Secretary of State’s Office from impacting the voting rights of students. Zach Laird, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026 The brain coordinates muscles and nerves while also processing information about balance, vision and the environment around us. Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026 Brightpoint, meanwhile, helps identify local families in crisis, and a team of volunteers coordinates the work of connecting needs to helpers. Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Noun
Google says this will display the location's coordinates on both Android and iPhone. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Tai’s platform coordinates shipment lifecycle across truckload (TL) and less-than-truckload (LTL), drayage as well as cross-border operations. Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026 The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) stated in its file that the last message Kovrizhynkh sent to her mother on July 5 contained a photograph of a letter along with GPS coordinates in Potrero. Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026 This vector is defined by a list of coordinates, where each coordinate measures how much of a particular attribute that person has. Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026 What Stop-Level Accountability the Platform Creates Photos, signatures, timestamps, and GPS coordinates tied to a stop record create a defensible evidence trail when a delivery is disputed. William Jones, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026 On the other hand, relativity tells us that changing the observer’s frame of reference amounts to nothing but a transformation of spacetime coordinates so as to describe an object. Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026 The coordinates show epicenter was near the border of San Leandro and Oakland. Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026 These include geometric coordinates representing movements of the hands, face, and body. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 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
  • The track, which blends smooth R&B vocals with contemporary pop production, came almost a decade after bits of the song first leaked on social media.
    Caché McClay, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Food and drink Open-air restaurant Glow is fronted by an infinity pool that blends perfectly with the Indian Ocean.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • OpenRouter's Justin Summerville told the network that open Chinese models can run 60% to 90% cheaper than the leading Anthropic and OpenAI equivalents.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • His buyback calculation is based on a regulatory filing Berkshire made in July tied to Chairman Warren Buffett’s charitable stock donation, which disclosed his economic ownership of the company’s Class A share equivalents.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The first possibility corresponds to what happens before an observation.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Each set of three bases in the DNA corresponds to a specific amino acid (with three exceptions, each of which signals the end of the protein).
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The shortfall is particularly serious because the United States and European partners are struggling to expand production.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Our actions have resulted in Iran attacking our partners in the region.
    Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • According to the company, SignalTrace detects and correlates electronic signals that devices publicly broadcast.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Research indicates that utilizing these benefits correlates with improved health outcomes, including higher rates of preventive visits and better chronic disease management.
    Aimée K. Dailey, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • And while the hotel was certainly a different kind of spectacle—tamer and more refined than its Cafe counterparts—there was always another corner left to discover, or a new extension to look forward to on the next visit.
    Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2026
  • There are lots of brands that have worked to give us beautiful soft mattes that glide onto lids and don’t feel patchy or heavy like their previous counterparts.
    Elle Turner, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The algorithm matches products to the viewers most likely to want them.
    Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026
  • At coarser levels, CBS detects and matches SIFT features while using epipolar constraints to estimate horizontal and vertical disparities.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026

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“Coordinates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coordinates. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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