lines up

present tense third-person singular of line up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lines up
Verb
  • Corlys orders his men to thread the rocky Dragonstone pass at low tide, even relieving the helmsman of the ship’s wheel at the crucial moment.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • Agent Greer orders him to drop the weapon.
    Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • The Great Dying is also the extinction event that most closely parallels Earth’s current environmental crisis.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 18 June 2026
  • The drama parallels some of Jolie’s real-life health challenges.
    Charlie Carballo, USA Today, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • Officials said the agreement aligns with growing national efforts to strengthen workforce readiness through such education and industry collaborations.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026
  • The $110 million sale aligns with an ongoing surge in ultra-high-end listings across south Orange County.
    Sandra Barrera, Oc Register, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • In Billie’s case, that consists mostly of neighborhood walks and the occasional hiking trail.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 18 June 2026
  • In an interview with the Observer responding to the scandal, Nazir said that his writing process consists largely of speech-to-text dictation on an Android phone.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • Leung said his performance approach has shifted over the years toward conveying emotion through minimal physical detail rather than overt expression – a mode that only registers fully on the big screen.
    Jenny S. Li, Variety, 20 June 2026
  • The most unforgettable kisses tend to be the ones where both people pass each other’s biological screening, where the chemistry registers as genuine, not performed.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Verb
  • On the other hand, the Sapphire Preferred’s 100,000-point bonus (after spending $5,000 on purchases in the first three months from account opening) matches the all-time best intro bonus for this card.
    Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 23 June 2026
  • When the results came back from a genome sequencing laboratory, they were handed off to FHD Forensics, a company that matches DNA with historical genealogy records to identify unknown human remains.
    Scott Neuman, NPR, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Twice a month, the organization accepts clothing and textile donations, which the RicRack team sorts on site.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 27 May 2026
  • This analysis was aided by the use of BTInsights, an AI open-end coding software that sorts responses into similar categories.
    Emily Guskin, ABC News, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • One mill equals $1 in tax for every $1,000 of assessed property value.
    Emily Harter, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
  • That equals a viewership more than 20 times the average pay-per-view event over the past two years, per the streamer.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 June 2026
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“Lines up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lines%20up. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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