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 Most of the specs line up with existing rumors, suggesting Nova Lake will be both powerful and efficient, VideoCardz reports. — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026 The days off give the Dodgers extra flexibility to line up their pitching. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026 Beneath it, museumgoers line up to drop a ball into a teak ramp that descends down the length of the Guggenheim spiral. — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026 But juvenile crime is down in Tennessee, too, and advocates and experts say the state’s push for more prisons does not line up with the needs of the kids in its care. — Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 25 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for line up

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Verb

Centuries before officers appeared in uniform, posing as neutral criminologists, policing developed as a method of organizing society.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Contact centers had spent decades organizing high volumes of work into queues, tracking outcomes, and building a body of past interactions.

— David Pralong, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of organize

Verb

Social events where fraternities and sororities mix with one another and with unaffiliated members are usually at least registered with university officials.

— Richard Hall, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
The commission says the revision is aimed to remove duplicate and ineligible entries while ensuring eligible voters remain registered.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of register

Verb

While Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander communities are regularly grouped together and considered uniformly successful, studies have found significant disparities in educational access and outcomes across subgroups over time.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Access to some attractions would be grouped together as part of a package now known as a Lightning Lane.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of group

Verb

While most of the rest of the country celebrates Pride Month in June, in 2010, Atlanta started hosting its major celebration in October, which aligns with National Coming Out Day.

— Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 6 Oct. 2026
On Friday, the Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC aligned with Senate Republican leadership, began a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign in Kansas to support Marshall while pausing additional spending in North Carolina, Semafor reported.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of align

Verb

Four years ago, Tennessee's governor ordered another independent review into capital punishment after abruptly stopping the April 2022 execution of Oscar Smith.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
The pool was reportedly ordered to remain closed until further inspection, according to the complaint.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of order

Verb

The film parallels the trauma of a broken body with that of a broken home.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
The Orwellian parallels and Cold War overtones are strong on this particular planet, where a hive-mind entity enforces conformity through mass surveillance and zero-tolerance punishments.

— Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of parallel

Verb

An intelligence report seen by The Associated Press about the meeting identified Kandahar's governor, Mullah Shireen, as the host and claimed that Afghan and Indian intelligence officials helped arrange the meeting.

— MUNIR AHMED, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
Rivera and Nuhfer later helped arrange for Sessions to travel to Caracas in 2018 to meet Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

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