LINES UP Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

lines up

verb

present tense third-person singular of line up

as in groups

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as in parallels

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Because humans can readily resolve patterns in motion — when points move in the same direction, the brain groups them into a unified whole — the moving dots appear as faint letters.

— Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

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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

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The law orders the California Public Utilities Commission to create special requirements and rates for data centers’ use of electricity, including the costs for new power and for infrastructure upgrades.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
The action is that the user orders dinner, uploads a photo or completes a weekly challenge.

— Michal Rahamim, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

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The measure also aligns sideshow penalties with those of street racing and makes serious bodily injury caused by a sideshow driver eligible for a felony.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
The goal is to build a portfolio that grows your wealth, manages risk appropriately, aligns with your lifestyle and long-term goals and remains compliant and efficient—in that order.

— Tom Zachystal, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

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Research on bilingualism has found differences in both the brain’s gray matter, which contains neurons and their connections, and white matter, which consists largely of nerve fibers linking different parts of the brain.

— Karen Stollznow, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
While the company's revenue is set to expand, its customer base – which consists largely of the cloud computing giants that run enterprise workloads for businesses – appears to be growing more concentrated.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

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