as in to coincide
to be in agreement on every point
that doesn't jibe with what I know about his character
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Recent Examples of jibe
Yes, but how does your philosophy of humanistic capitalism jibe with China?
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Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
13 June 2026
The whole thing didn’t quite jibe with his personality.
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
Such a desire may not necessarily jibe with the Mets’ inclination under president of baseball operations David Stearns.
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Will Sammon,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2026
But overall, the global findings jibe with other research that has demonstrated that young people today have been showing many positive trends, including a tendency to be more empathetic, less narcissistic, more inclusive and even more patient than past generations.
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Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
19 Mar. 2026
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Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
13 June 2026
The whole thing didn’t quite jibe with his personality.
—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
Such a desire may not necessarily jibe with the Mets’ inclination under president of baseball operations David Stearns.
—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2026
But overall, the global findings jibe with other research that has demonstrated that young people today have been showing many positive trends, including a tendency to be more empathetic, less narcissistic, more inclusive and even more patient than past generations.
—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jibe
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The debate has become more urgent in recent years as heat waves have intensified, coinciding with a surge in AC sales across Europe and a growing push to more widely adopt the technology.
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The start of a new fiscal year in July often coincides with a pay bump for California’s state employees because that’s when raises, negotiated by unions, tend to take effect.
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The three-person team then found the corresponding symbols on a paper chart.
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To discover that the notes corresponded to where there was more human activity was really very moving.
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Female leads typically conform to the mainstream beauty standard of pale, young and thin.
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Theater artists who have come of age in this period have been released from the burden of having to conform to notions of regional theater respectability.
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For example, in 2011, the FDA warned parents, caregivers, and healthcare providers not to feed SimplyThick, a thickening gel, to premature infants fitting a particular profile.
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Surveillance pricing is when a company uses a customer’s private data to show them a cost fitted to them, instead of charging every customer the same rate.
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Terry agreed, noting that today’s older adults helped shape the North Fulton community.
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Earlier this month, Lachlan Murdoch stunned the industry by agreeing to pay $22 billion for Roku, a leading streaming platform that reaches 100 million viewers worldwide.
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