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
What’s more, Gamble starts behaving strangely, which jibes with M’Benga’s theory that some kind of invasive substance is preventing his eyes from regenerating.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
Assuming your numbers jibe with ours, back to your question.
—Steve Hruby, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Jafa says that the show’s location jibed with his mission to make the art world accessible to as many people as possible.
—Alex Rigotti, Billboard, 2 July 2025
Sonny is an analog, slightly peculiar fellow who doesn’t jibe with a modern F1 landscape – while Joshua runs with a gazillion high-tech gadgets hooked up to him, the veteran is off jogging around a Grand Prix track.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 18 June 2025
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
Assuming your numbers jibe with ours, back to your question.
—Steve Hruby, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Jafa says that the show’s location jibed with his mission to make the art world accessible to as many people as possible.
—Alex Rigotti, Billboard, 2 July 2025
Sonny is an analog, slightly peculiar fellow who doesn’t jibe with a modern F1 landscape – while Joshua runs with a gazillion high-tech gadgets hooked up to him, the veteran is off jogging around a Grand Prix track.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jibe
Verb
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Consumer sentiment fell more than 7 points from December 2018 to January 2019, coinciding with the most recent government shutdown, according to a Committee for Responsible Federal Budget analysis of University of Michigan survey data.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
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The date coincides with the start of UK Black History Month.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
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More than 2,000 years ago, the Babylonians split that band of sky into twelve equal parts that correspond with twelve constellations.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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In our present-day Universe, that corresponds to a distance that’s approximately 18 billion light-years away.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Eisgruber also believes that speech should conform to norms of civility.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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Young men are being labeled—and mocked—for taking on a persona that doesn’t conform to the traditional masculine stereotype, even though the traditional masculine stereotype is equally performative.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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There’s a lot to love about the Etronik weekender that fits up to three days’ worth of essentials, including all its handy separate compartments for dividing your clean and dirty (or wet and dry) clothes; plus, side and back-zipper pockets, too.—
Kayla Becker,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Oct. 2025
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Petite shoppers will be glad to hear that the cozy bottoms are available in both a 22- and 30-inch inseam; the former is designed to fit those under 5 feet 4 inches.—
Melony Forcier,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Government leaders and local experts on transit agree one-way streets, which were intended to make travel faster for commuters heading in and out of downtown, present safety concerns.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
5 Oct. 2025
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An undercover operation in 2022 revealed that Komarczyk and his associate, Irazmar Carbajal, agreed to move $100,000 of what the FBI believed to be sanctioned money belonging to members of Venezuela’s government.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Jibe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jibe. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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