lines up

present tense third-person singular of line up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lines up
Verb
  • Laurie's experience parallels that of a new character, Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell).
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • For about 24 hours after the stand was spotted, investigators closed all lanes of Southern Boulevard, which parallels the southern border of the airport.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Everyone who orders one from October 27 to October 31 will also earn a $5 reward for their next visit.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The crew at Fireman Derek’s is cooking around the clock to pump out sweets for its three storefronts, plus Goldbelly orders that ship nationwide.
    Nila Do Simon, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The timeline of the new push aligns with an unprecedented extension of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s mandate, who is now set to stay in office for an additional two years past his original 2028 exit date.
    Tawanda Karombo, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The full-year guide was also conservative, which aligns with management’s typical strategy.
    , CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This episode — which consists almost entirely of characters sharing formative incidents from their pasts — is an unusually blunt device for delivering backstory.
    Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Rookie fourth-round pick Jordan Watkins is suiting up for his first game, joining a unit that consists today of Jauan Jennings, Kendrick Bourne, Demarcus Robinson and Skyy Moore.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • McCollum believes this fervently, getting quite testy with Polsky when the filmmaker registers his doubts.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Zooming out to the monthly chart (log scale), the recent 10% pullback barely registers in the bigger picture.
    Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Still, no small arm matches its raw stopping power within its effective range.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Physical verification checks whether a chip layout meets the manufacturer’s strict rules and faithfully matches the original functional schematic.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Wikipedia sorts the issues into a bunch of large buckets, all citing real examples of AI writing uncovered on Wikipedia.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To convert the distance in centimeters to degrees of ankle dorsiflexion, use the guideline that 1 centimeter equals about 2 degrees of ankle dorsiflexion.
    RikkiLynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Twenty-six patients experienced measurable improvement in vision, which equals about 80% of the group.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Lines up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lines%20up. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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