variants
or less commonly synch
variants
or less commonly synch
: synchronization, synchronism
moving in sync
out of sync with the world
sync
adjective
Examples of sync in a Sentence
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Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2024
Lips don’t sync up as people talk, and errors are relatively trivial to detect.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 18 Apr. 2024
Compatible devices are automatically synced up to your network via Alexa,which removes the need to purchase a separate smart home hub.
—PCMAG, 1 Apr. 2024
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Can activity in our brains sync up?
—Quanta Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
Google’s documentation notes that edits made on a different device or via the Google Photos website may sync correctly with connected gallery apps.
—Paul Monckton, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Keep in Mind This option doesn’t sync with smart home voice systems.
—Pamela Porter, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2024
IPVanish offers backup space and syncing through SugarSync and Livedrive.
—PCMAG, 11 Apr. 2024
On the other hand, there’s also something irksome about biopics that have actors lip sync to the original songs, like Naomi Ackie did for I Wanna Dance With Somebody or, much less successfully, Dennis Quaid in Great Balls of Fire!
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2024
Peter Cohan, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Hoadley also says that management issues, such as pruning, can put any plant out of sync with its pollinators.
—Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
This is even seen in healthy people whose clocks get out of sync for a relatively brief period of time.
—Will Stone, NPR, 29 Mar. 2024
Huge thanks to my sync team MediaHorse that pitched the song.
—Liza Lentini, SPIN, 20 Feb. 2024
Performance rights revenue, meanwhile, climbed 9.5% to $2.7 billion, representing 9.5% of global revenues, while sync income was up 4.7% to $632 Million, representing 2.2%.
—Richard Smirke, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2024
Spotlights in the room dim and brighten out of sync with the song.
—Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
The 366th day puts the 365-day Gregorian calendar back into sync with Earth’s orbit, which amounts to 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds, or 364.2422 days.
—USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
This discrepancy caused the calendar to drift out of sync with the seasons over time.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Feb. 2024
Verb
The Ducks’ offense doesn’t sync up with the NFL, but his quick release, strong ball-security and toughness certainly will.
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—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2024
Lips don’t sync up as people talk, and errors are relatively trivial to detect.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 18 Apr. 2024
Compatible devices are automatically synced up to your network via Alexa,which removes the need to purchase a separate smart home hub.
—PCMAG, 1 Apr. 2024
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Introduction
Can activity in our brains sync up?
—Quanta Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
Google’s documentation notes that edits made on a different device or via the Google Photos website may sync correctly with connected gallery apps.
—Paul Monckton, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Keep in Mind This option doesn’t sync with smart home voice systems.
—Pamela Porter, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2024
IPVanish offers backup space and syncing through SugarSync and Livedrive.
—PCMAG, 11 Apr. 2024
On the other hand, there’s also something irksome about biopics that have actors lip sync to the original songs, like Naomi Ackie did for I Wanna Dance With Somebody or, much less successfully, Dennis Quaid in Great Balls of Fire!
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2024
Noun
Shares of Marathon Digital — 16.4% of which were sold short as of March 15 (a 14.4% increase from the month before, according to the Wall Street Journal) — are likely to move in sync with the cryptocurrency — which analysts expect to keep rising.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Hoadley also says that management issues, such as pruning, can put any plant out of sync with its pollinators.
—Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
This is even seen in healthy people whose clocks get out of sync for a relatively brief period of time.
—Will Stone, NPR, 29 Mar. 2024
Huge thanks to my sync team MediaHorse that pitched the song.
—Liza Lentini, SPIN, 20 Feb. 2024
Performance rights revenue, meanwhile, climbed 9.5% to $2.7 billion, representing 9.5% of global revenues, while sync income was up 4.7% to $632 Million, representing 2.2%.
—Richard Smirke, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2024
Spotlights in the room dim and brighten out of sync with the song.
—Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
The 366th day puts the 365-day Gregorian calendar back into sync with Earth’s orbit, which amounts to 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds, or 364.2422 days.
—USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
This discrepancy caused the calendar to drift out of sync with the seasons over time.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Feb. 2024
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“Sync.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sync. Accessed 30 Apr. 2024.
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