as in synchronism
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a state in which things happen, move, or exist at the same time
The objects moved in synchrony with each other.
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Recent Examples of synchrony
Then Marclay edited this reservoir—more than ten thousand clips logging all (or very nearly all) of the fourteen hundred and forty minutes of the day—into a film that unfolds in perfect synchrony with time itself, projected in a perpetual twenty-four-hour cycle.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
This includes mutual care, emotional synchrony and subtle cues like tone, eye contact and body language.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
This striking synchrony captured in Remuna Beca’s Connection reveals much more than just aesthetic beauty.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Such instinctive synchrony is hardwired into flamingo behavior.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
This includes mutual care, emotional synchrony and subtle cues like tone, eye contact and body language.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
This striking synchrony captured in Remuna Beca’s Connection reveals much more than just aesthetic beauty.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Such instinctive synchrony is hardwired into flamingo behavior.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for synchrony
Noun
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As the image turns, in absolute synchronism with the turning of a receiving cylinder at the distant point, the high and low spots of the relief image are brought under a point or stylus.—
Mark Fischetti,
Scientific American,
1 Dec. 2022
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Synchronism colors are not blended but rather placed next to each other, just as music notes are placed one after the other to create a scale.—
Hailey Ross,
idahostatesman,
16 June 2017
Noun
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If there are no coincidences in Taylor Swift‘s world, then her ever-observant Swiftie fans are convinced that the pop superstar will headline the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
19 Aug. 2025
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Baxter reported that Betts met with Roberts and the president of baseball operations, Andrew Friedman, after the loss, and suggested that the timing of the meeting was no coincidence.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Aug. 2025
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Cloud object stores often introduce unpredictable latencies and steep egress fees at scale, especially when serving inference workloads that demand low response times and massive concurrency.—
Sven Oehme,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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The recent Champions Trophy hit a global record for concurrency for any sporting event, and Mani notes that even regular matches are now breaking records previously set by major finals.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Synchrony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synchrony. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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