as in reconciling
to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences
her response was perfectly keyed to the situation
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Recent Examples of keying
Maye willingness to spread the ball around to players like Williams (four catches before Monday night) prevented the Giants from effectively keying in on Stefon Diggs, as the Bengals did a week earlier, and helped the Pats exploit their best matchups on a down-to-down basis.
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
Collision Guy’s going to be keying off the cost of local labor to staff his garages as well as the prices and availability of auto parts and tools.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2025
Gomes also expresses that rather than keying in on the designers that Talley had a longstanding relationship with within an exhibit, settling on a larger theme, the breadth of experiences, clothing, images, stories, and also paraphernalia associated with Talley was more worthwhile.
—Essence, 4 Nov. 2025
In particular, Joanne's sister Morgan (Justine Lupe) has become a goofy caricature, keying Cybertrucks and generally acting like a child.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Once teams started keying in on Veronica Burton, the breakout star who became their best playmaker once Kayla Thornton went down, Nakase had to get creative to generate good looks.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
Collision Guy’s going to be keying off the cost of local labor to staff his garages as well as the prices and availability of auto parts and tools.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2025
Gomes also expresses that rather than keying in on the designers that Talley had a longstanding relationship with within an exhibit, settling on a larger theme, the breadth of experiences, clothing, images, stories, and also paraphernalia associated with Talley was more worthwhile.
—Essence, 4 Nov. 2025
In particular, Joanne's sister Morgan (Justine Lupe) has become a goofy caricature, keying Cybertrucks and generally acting like a child.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Once teams started keying in on Veronica Burton, the breakout star who became their best playmaker once Kayla Thornton went down, Nakase had to get creative to generate good looks.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for keying
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For Sweetgreen’s founders, the challenge has been reconciling their vision with the need to make money.—
Bloomberg,
Daily News,
26 Feb. 2026
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The practice reminds Christians of human mortality and the importance of reconciling with God.—
Chris Sims,
Louisville Courier Journal,
18 Feb. 2026
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Emails released by the Department of Justice earlier this month showed Lutnick's wife coordinating with Epstein's assistant to visit the island for lunch in December 2012.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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In that case, an anti-drone laser was deployed by CBP without coordinating with the FAA, which then decided to close the El Paso airspace to ensure commercial air safety, according to sources familiar with what happened and weren’t authorized to discuss it.—
Josh Funk,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Keying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keying. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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