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
An enterprise assistant sits on top of your platforms and coordinates them. — Amirtha Saminathan, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Anadolu Efes provides access to its agricultural network and coordinates the partnership with UNDP, MILKist, the cooperatives and participating designers. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026 While the technical crew records the president, the producer or reporter coordinates the live feed by phone, taking notes and asking questions. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026 The visit was organized by After-School All-Stars New York, which coordinates programs for underserved students. — Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 The effort, which had major bipartisan support, was abandoned in favor of vote pairing, an informal arrangement where an absent lawmaker coordinates with an opposing lawmaker who agrees to abstain or withhold their vote. — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 31 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 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
Noun
The coordinates of a vector in Hilbert space include information that corresponds to this alignment of peaks and troughs, called a wave’s phase. — Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026 Of those shoot days, about 10 percent of the film activity FilmLA coordinates is feature-based. — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026 Zhang posted a suspicion in the team’s chat that the choice of coordinates was to blame. — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026 What to read next Mapmakers are still chipping away at these challenges, although the International Astronomical Union has operated a working group dedicated to cartographic coordinates since 1979. — Meghan Bartels, Space.com, 22 Sep. 2026 In early September 2026, Oasis started tweeting video that featured a series of numbers that fans clocked as coordinates for various venues. — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026 After having received coordinates for a survivor, White altered their course to look for Parker and prepared supplies to keep him warm. — Steven Romo, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026 After recording his coordinates and dropping a glass bottle in the water to mark the spot, Lang called his longtime friend and dock neighbor, Yohei Yamada. — Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026 Users submit coordinates of rat sightings (dead or alive), alongside a short report on the setting. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 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 story blends gothic atmosphere, psychological intrigue and erotic thriller elements into a contemporary, high-concept reinvention of the classic tale.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The Sea Ranch Lodge, a focal point of a Northern California getaway destination that blends minimalist design with the rocky shores and meadows of the Sonoma County coastline, might have a growth spurt in its future.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Harrelson and McConaughey’s fictional wives, played by Brittany Ishibashi and Natalie Martinez, respectively, roughly align with their real-world equivalents in physical appearance.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Apptivo's and Zoho CRM's equivalents, respectively, cost $15 and $14 per user per month, billed annually.
    — Dianna Gunn, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • This corresponds with an important point in the evolution of the universe called the Epoch of Reionization.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The coordinates of a vector in Hilbert space include information that corresponds to this alignment of peaks and troughs, called a wave’s phase.
    — Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Nor was there clear coordination with the speaker's private security team and external law enforcement partners, the report said.
    — MICHAEL R. SISAK, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
  • If your financial partners prioritize a rapid ROI timeline over your foundational compliance and operational metrics, their funding will ultimately become a liability to your core mission.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • This correlates with a spike in measles cases recorded in August, according to health department data.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Operationally excellent businesses close this gap and ensure that activity correlates to customer value.
    — Rick Elliott, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Pezeshkian declared Iran’s demands from the UN podium and held bilateral meetings with his counterparts.
    — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Trump and his wife spoke to their counterparts, but their words could not be heard.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Its composition also matches the classical definition of the material class.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The process can help confirm that the person operating the account matches the main profile photo.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

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“Coordinates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coordinates. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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