as in to accompany
to occur or exist at the same time the subtitles must synchronize with the movie's spoken dialogue

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Recent Examples of synchronize Initially, the witness believed the objects to be birds, but their unusual speed and synchronized, wavering flight pattern stood out. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 7 July 2025 The clocks are also capable of measuring in billionths of a second, or nanoseconds, which are synchronized globally to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). James Powel, Freep.com, 5 Aug. 2025 The fare hikes would not go into effect until January, transit officials said Wednesday, in an effort to synchronize it with the end of the MetroCard and shift to OMNY at the end of the year. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 30 July 2025 The wedding festivities also included a ’50s candy shoppe, an absinthe fountain lounge and synchronized swimmers. Ale Russian, People.com, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for synchronize
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  • Her grandfather, Jim Coleman, and uncle, Jacob, accompany her on guitar and mandolin.
    Frank Langfitt, NPR, 16 Aug. 2025
  • With Brian Cashman accompanying the Yankees to St. Louis, the Bombers beat the Cardinals, 4-3, on Friday night.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2025
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  • The early months of the Biden administration coincided with the tail end of Rouhani’s presidency.
    Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The operation coincided with the sixth round of negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
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  • This year, lawmakers rejected a bill to promote solar farms that coexist with cropland.
    Tony Schick, ProPublica, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The guest curator is Tiler Peck, a senior ballerina of famed musicality at New York City Ballet, where the works of Robbins and George Balanchine symbiotically coexist.
    Air Mail, Air Mail, 9 Aug. 2025

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“Synchronize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synchronize. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.

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