LINE-UP Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

line up

verb

Definition of line up

as in to organize

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as in to register

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Recent Examples of line up As for who will line up behind center going forward, Heupel didn't commit. — ABC News, 10 Oct. 2026 Those grooves encouraged the cells to line up and fuse into fibers that could pull together more effectively. — New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026 How do these two groups of Republican voters line up on the central issue of affordability? — Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026 Allies and opponents line up Among those who have come to the defense of the hemp industry are alcohol retailers, including Total Wine & More. — Gene Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for line up

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Verb

The team’s last-second win over the Philadelphia Eagles last week in Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was organized and operated by the NFL, part of the league’s more standard rotation of all teams playing overseas.

— Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Workers are organizing at manufacturing plants, in newsrooms, in technology, in hospitals, on college campuses, and construction sites.

— Liz Shuler, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of organize

Verb

To further explore how CMOs and CFOs are collaborating to drive growth, register to join Fortune’s Creativity Meets Capital Breakfast on Thursday 26 November, 9am–12pm, at LinkedIn’s London office.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
In California, citizens can register and cast a vote on election day.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of register

Verb

Two popular names with deep ties to the Pittsburgh region will be grouped this week at the PGA Tour's event in Bermuda.

— Mike Darnay, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
What if there were regional sections in which all these elements—novels, poetry, histories, guidebooks—were grouped?

— Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of group

Verb

Four states will consider measures that would prohibit transgender youth from participating on school athletics teams aligned with their gender identity, including two with existing bans that the latest proposals would bolster.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 20 Oct. 2026
The agreement aligns with the Pentagon’s Acquisition Transformation Strategy, which seeks to strengthen the defense industrial base and accelerate the delivery of military equipment.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of align

Verb

Xuan and Zhang, who have pleaded not guilty and denied wrongdoing through their attorneys, were ordered held in lieu of $20 million bail.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
According to police, one of the suspects held a security guard at gunpoint, forced the guard to turn over his weapon and ordered him to face down on the ground before the group forced entry into the building.

— Karma Sabbah, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of order

Verb

As investor interest in non-sports cards and TCGs keeps growing, the market has developed an ecosystem that parallels traditional exchanges, indexes and brokers.

— Bob Woods, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026
The recipes parallel Wen's evolution from immigrant kid helping out at her parents' restaurant to working actor cooking for her own children.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of parallel

Verb

For a bit of an over-the-top perk, the concierge is able to arrange helicopter services to NASA through its rooftop helipad, as well as myriad other special excursions.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026
While Sabrina’s identical twin sister, Virginia, was arranged to marry a Chinese American man in the States who spoke no Cantonese, Sabrina wouldn’t let her parents stop their love— or stop her from getting pregnant.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of arrange

Verb

But on closer inspection, the radiation pattern didn’t seem to quite match that of a nuke.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
The signage gap matches recent polling, which shows Talarico, a four-term state representative, either tied or several points ahead of Paxton, who has never lost an election in 25 years.

— Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2026

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