as in cooperation
the work and activity of a number of persons who individually contribute toward the efficiency of the whole an operation requiring precise coordination among all branches of the armed forces

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Recent Examples of coordination Still, there was no universal standard to define the severity of hunger crises — making coordination among donors and aid groups difficult. Nurith Aizenman, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025 Players must focus on teamwork, communication and coordination to successfully complete orders before customers get angry and storm out. Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025 Choreography, the color department, craft services, the health and safety department, intimacy coordination, legal, the production department, production finance and accounting, the property department, publicity, puppetry and dubbing. Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025 IMDb has added 12 new professional credits including intimacy coordination, choreography, craft services, puppetry, voice actor dubbing and more. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for coordination
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  • Even here, though, the focus of most of Biden’s efforts at fostering economic cooperation was regional, not global.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The results from the quantum clock tests will be shared with the United States and the United Kingdom to help improve defense cooperation.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
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  • The programs in the series were created in a collaboration with performance artists, and resulted in a group of surreal experimental works that pushed the boundaries of sound and narrative well in advance of the digital era.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Scheffler, who has cultivated a clean-cut, focused image on the PGA Tour, expressed enthusiasm for the collaboration.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025

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“Coordination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coordination. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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