jibed

Definition of jibednext
past tense of jibe

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of jibed This forced the British to make jibes to get down to the bottom of the course while the Americans jibed just once, and that was the deciding factor in securing what went on to be an easy victory. Andrew Rice, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2026 Even the acronym of GPS jibed with her view of how a kid’s own resourcefulness could be used as an inner compass. Shawn Price, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025 But the idea that many companies are struggling to achieve substantial returns jibed with another recent survey, by Akkodis, a multinational consulting firm. John Cassidy, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jibed
Verb
  • His leadership of Amazon’s cloud business has coincided with the AI boom and the remarkable scramble among cloud providers, including Microsoft, Google, and Oracle, to spend eye-popping sums building data centers and other AI infrastructure.
    Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • That shift coincided with declining viewership for his games.
    Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • McMahon corresponded with his professors.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Two greats of 17th-century math, Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat, corresponded about the problem in a famous series of letters.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • After a Wisconsin breeding and animal research facility that housed thousands of beagles agreed to sell most of their animals, some of the dogs will be headed to the Chicago area.
    Victor Jacobo, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • David Ross — the manager fired by Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer after Counsell agreed to a five-year, $40 million contract — has reemerged as an ESPN broadcaster and a co-host with Anthony Rizzo on a podcast reuniting members of the 2016 World Series team.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • The museum has also allegedly not conformed to the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (UPMIFA), which requires trustees to manage an endowment so that its spending power is maintained.
    Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • According to a person with knowledge of the situation, Foster’s dual roles were reviewed by the National Football League Players Association to make sure the situation conformed with the NFLPA’s regulations governing contract advisors.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 22 Apr. 2026

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“Jibed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jibed. Accessed 4 May. 2026.

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