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Recent Examples of misalign
New arrangements and processes are required for all parties, because industry and academia are naturally misaligned and misfit in many dimensions:
Objectives: Unlike tax dollars, a corporation’s financial decisions must align with shareholder interests.
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Mung Chiang, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The company’s chief executive said in a release that Carter’s dividend was misaligned with its level of profitability against the current market environment, and that higher tariffs could lead Carter’s to incur significantly higher product costs.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 21 May 2025
Without diverse leadership and developers, companies risk creating AI solutions misaligned with women's needs, ultimately losing market share and profitability.
—Committee Of 200, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
What banks want and what’s available are often misaligned.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Mung Chiang, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The company’s chief executive said in a release that Carter’s dividend was misaligned with its level of profitability against the current market environment, and that higher tariffs could lead Carter’s to incur significantly higher product costs.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 21 May 2025
Without diverse leadership and developers, companies risk creating AI solutions misaligned with women's needs, ultimately losing market share and profitability.
—Committee Of 200, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
What banks want and what’s available are often misaligned.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misalign
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The film’s most trenchant scenes involve Gere in states of repose or regret or nostalgia, especially when psychically disarrayed in a chair with a camera facing toward him, wondering what, for example, desire smells like.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 Dec. 2024
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The film’s most trenchant scenes involve Gere in states of repose or regret or nostalgia, especially when psychically disarrayed in a chair with a camera facing toward him, wondering what, for example, desire smells like.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 Dec. 2024
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Guys like Andrew Weissman, deranged Jack Smith.—
Nicholas Riccardi,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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Albie and Portia reunite at the airport, where Portia tells Albie that Jack was deranged, while Albie tells Portia that Lucia played him.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
25 Feb. 2025
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Lovato, whose Disney Channel stardom catapulted her to fame at a young age, has been candid about her struggles with mental health, substance abuse, and disordered eating.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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The memories that form the main stream of Night are indeed disordered temporally.—
Jane Alison
June 17,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2025
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“Misalign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misalign. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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