jibing

verb

present participle of jibe
as in coinciding
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 jibing Cronin’s system wasn’t jibing with a point guard who thrives in transition and a center unfamiliar with the paint. — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jibing
  1. coinciding
  2. corresponding
  3. conforming
  4. agreeing
  5. rhyming
  6. fitting
  7. squaring
  8. answering
Verb
  • Concerns over public health, drug use, safety and the cost to emergency services have helped fuel local policies to build more shelters, coinciding with drops in the number of people living on the street.
    — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 23 July 2026
  • Nevertheless, shares of CrowdStrike and fellow Club cyber name Palo Alto Networks fell nearly 2% Wednesday, coinciding with a broader pullback in enterprise software stocks in the session.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 22 July 2026
Definition of coinciding
Verb
  • Klimoska has been part of the Talents Sarajevo program at Sarajevo Film Festival, and the corresponding scheme at the Berlinale.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
  • Putnam notes that each vessel carries a distinct color corresponding to its stage of life—yellow for birth, red for growth and blue for rebirth.
    — Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of corresponding
Verb
  • These include completing the Critical Design Review (CDR) by the end of 2026, which will establish the certifiable design baseline for the aircraft and enable the production and testing of certification-conforming models.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
  • Whenever there is irregular talent, someone capable of breaking their role’s conventions, there are arguments about conforming to orthodoxy.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 18 July 2026
Definition of conforming
Verb
  • The visit also gave new impetus to economic ties, with both countries agreeing to rapidly increase bilateral trade, expand cooperation in economic forums such as the World Trade Organization, and establish a financial dialogue mechanism.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 July 2026
  • The filmmakers found that even mentioning her bloodline repelled potential subjects from agreeing to be interviewed.
    — Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 22 July 2026
Definition of agreeing
Verb
  • If the cheerily rhyming title about murder doesn’t quite do it for you, just Google what the posters look like.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
  • This long-suffering Knicks fan said his rationale for including the prognostication may have had more to do with rhyming than any actual belief.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Definition of rhyming
Verb
  • That reality depends on localized AI fitting seamlessly into everyday devices — something that’s been a persistent engineering hurdle.
    — Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026
  • Opponents see both quarterbacks fitting well with their new schemes and play callers.
    — Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of fitting
Verb
  • Two senior advisers to the Secretary of State took the delicate assignment of squaring the draft with the uncomfortable facts.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • The Yankees got a game off the Rays on Thursday afternoon, squaring the 4-game series between the two teams.
    — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026
Definition of squaring
Verb
  • And as of today, most institutional investors have no framework for answering them.
    — Martin Whittaker, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Feeling disillusioned and angry, less than two years later in August 2015, Hadley decided to leave her fiancé and stop answering his relentless calls.
    — KC Baker, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Definition of answering

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