line up

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Recent Examples of line up The Huskies, plagued by opt-outs, had trouble identifying a quarterback to line up against Army at the Fenway Bowl before finally settling on thrusting true freshman Ksaan Farrar into the fire. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2026 The network announced that the segment would be part of the line up on Sunday evening’s broadcast. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2026 Bills Mafia is one of the best traveling fan bases in the league, but Buffalo fans are few and far between at Empower Field as the two teams line up for the national anthem. Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026 That might make Brett Baty, Mark Vientos and 23-year-old Luisangel Acuña expendable, and New York could line up well with Boston given their need for pitching and outfield help. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 16 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for line up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for line up
Verb
  • The $720-million structure will serve as the new home for LACMA’s permanent collection with 90 exhibition galleries organized thematically rather than by medium or chronology.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
  • More people have to organize to ensure that their communities understand what the votes actually count towards.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The notice requested the owner register the condominium with the city of Cincinnati rental registration program.
    Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report said famine-level malnutrition has been registered in the towns of Umm Baru and Kernoi in North Darfur province.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Multiple chips are then grouped together to create FinalSpark’s Neuroplatform (aka.
    Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Assembling the Ni-Ti tubes into a working elastocaloric regenerator—a type of heat exchanger—involved grouping them into trios, and tightly fitting them into a strong plastic casing.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The original composition leaned toward brightness and energy, aligning with a period that favored clarity and freshness.
    Maria Williams, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
  • In terms of bedroom design, the crisp feel of percale cotton sheets aligns with a modern, even minimalist bedroom aesthetic that appreciates a clean design.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The backstory Part of the National Register of Historic Places, Hotel Jerome’s history parallels that of Aspen’s.
    Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2026
  • One of the reasons to grow this plant is its attractiveness to Gulf fritillary butterflies, whose exclusive relationship with it parallels that of monarchs with milkweed.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • After more than a week at the Dilley center, the preschooler and his Ecuadorian father are back home in Minneapolis after a judge ordered them to be released.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
  • What sets Luckin apart has been its ability to build a robust pool of private user traffic through its smartphone ordering app, said Mingchao Xiao, founder of Zhimeng Trends Consulting.
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 8 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • According to the researchers, even a few kilometers of difference allows interior models of Jupiter to better match both gravity data and atmospheric observations.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Heading into 2026 the Red Sox look capable of at least matching last year’s club, which finished third in the AL East, made the playoffs and lost to the New York Yankees in the AL Wild Card Series.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Prosecutors claim Sainz Salazar served as a key fentanyl producer for the Chapitos from about 2022 through 2025, helping manufacture millions of pills, arranging drug transactions under armed protection and operating labs that later became central to the group’s fentanyl production.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Mustique also has a small hotel, Cotton House, where 17 guest rooms and suites are arranged between a two-story building and a series of garden cottages.
    Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026

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“Line up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/line%20up. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.

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