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 Cohen noted that as couples grow closer, even their emoji habits can become synchronized. Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025 Features film montage of iconic scenes from over 200 episodes, synchronized to live orchestra performing Toshio Masuda's original score. Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 26 June 2025 The challenge right now is to synchronize and systematize data collection and reporting such that meeting the current assortment of local, national and international requirements does not create an undue strain on the core business or leave that business open to risk of non-compliance. Mary Foley, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025 Clocks across the nation were soon synchronized—and local time became a relic of America's past. Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for synchronize
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  • This year, the African Union produced a list of 24 priority medical products for regional manufacturing and an accompanying roadmap to achieve this.
    Francisca Mutapi, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • They are accompanied by talented managers including chief executive Andrew Cullen, chief marketing officer Matthew Barker, chief commercial officer Mark Judges and the coach John Mousinho.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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  • The vote has coincided with efforts by Beijing to raise its military and diplomatic pressure on Taiwan.
    Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 26 July 2025
  • Yet this rift still coincides with a deepening fiscal crisis.
    Joël Té-Léssia Assoko, semafor.com, 25 July 2025
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  • Humans have lost the ability to coexist in harmony with the natural world, Thunder Hawk said, voicing a concern shared by Indigenous people from the Chilean Andes to the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.
    Giovanna Dell'orto, Twin Cities, 13 July 2025
  • Likeability, when it’s rooted in authenticity, creates the kind of psychological safety where creativity and accountability can coexist.
    Somdutta Singh, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025

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“Synchronize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synchronize. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.

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