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 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 City officials said the closure is precautionary while South Fulton coordinates with Fulton County public health officials. CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 The National Anti-Terrorism Committee, which coordinates various security agencies, initially reported a lower death toll in a statement issued shortly after the attack. ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 If one connected service already coordinates multiple back-end systems, wrapping it in another supervisor simply adds another routing layer, increasing latency and failure points without adding meaningful value. Penta Rao Marapatla, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 An inverse kinematics controller coordinates the movements of the legs, allowing the robot to adjust its posture and move in different directions. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026 Your voice regains momentum when Mercury coordinates with Venus today. Usa Today, USA Today, 24 July 2026 In August 2025, Senator Chuck Schumer appointed Jack to the America 250 Commission, which coordinates celebrations for the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Emma Banks, InStyle, 23 July 2026
Noun
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 Loutsaris initially goes into a text with an eye to stations and sequence, then checks his speculative coordinates against existing hi-res maps. Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026 As blizzard conditions increasingly worsened, the search and rescue team laid the bodies together and covered them with a tarp, marking the spot with GPS coordinates and long poles used to probe for people buried under avalanches. Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026 The workflows are versioned, reused, and improved rather than disappearing after a single interaction, and Sunny regularly coordinates with other agents. Will Drover, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026 Alice, too, would come to embrace the cosmos, though her navigation involved a rather different set of coordinates. Ian Penman, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 The judiciary’s Mizan news agency identified the two as Omid Behzad and Pouria Safvat, who were accused of providing military coordinates, images and other intelligence used in attacks on Iranian targets. Elena Becatoros, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026 Mizan reported that Behzad had sent coordinates and information related to military, security, and law enforcement sites. August 4, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coordinates
Verb
  • 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
  • The couple reconciles, and later that evening, Cal gets down on one knee and proposes.
    Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • The book blends comedy with practical dating advice for those exhausted with looking for romance.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Her work often blends documentary research with speculative fiction to explore technology, institutions, and cultural memory.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • There are fewer unions, and the West End artists are paid less money than their equivalents on Broadway.
    Katie North, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • That corresponds with the city’s overall vacancy rate plummeting to its lowest point in nearly 60 years.
    Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
  • At the center of the bipartisan legislation is NIL, short for name, image and likeness, which corresponds to a student athlete’s ability to use their personal brand to make money.
    Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • This annual autumn release allows manufacturing partners like TSMC to efficiently allocate custom silicon production for high-volume runs.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Some people have uninstalled the apps in protest or tried to upload their chat histories into other apps to try to resurrect their virtual partners.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This directly correlates to a reduction in automaker incentive spending.
    Adam Ismail, The Drive, 13 Aug. 2026
  • These varieties germinate best in soil between 50 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit, which roughly correlates to daytime air temperatures in the 60 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit range.
    Amanda Tust, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Ahead, see The Brink of War cast side-by-side with their real-life counterparts.
    Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Republicans control the White House and both branches of Congress, helping bolster their financial coffers against their Democratic counterparts, Martin noted in his remarks.
    Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Everyone predicted the scoreline of each of the 10 Premier League matches each gameweek, with points awarded for correct guesses and a league table kept track of who was leading.
    The Athletic Soccer Experts, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The bedroom is paired with a Blue Crystallo quartzite bathroom, where the vanity matches the walk-in shower and a gold soaking tub sits next to the floor-to-ceiling windows.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2026

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“Coordinates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coordinates. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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