sync

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verb

variants or less commonly synch
synced also synched ˈsiŋ(k)t How to pronounce sync (audio) ; syncing also synching ˈsiŋ-kiŋ How to pronounce sync (audio)

sync

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noun

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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Verb
The app also offers light scheduling, preset color themes, dimming, sync with music, and other smart features for a dynamic color experience all year round. Pamela Porter, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2024 More:This will almost certainly be the warmest winter ever in Wisconsin's recorded history Walleye spawning is synced with the rest of the food web Walleye spawn every year in the spring shortly after the ice thaws. Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024 Users can also sync all Govee lights for a more immersive world using DreamView mode, allowing users to align the sandstorm lighting effects of the new TV backlight to other Govee smart lights within an entertainment ecosystem. Lesley O'Toole, Variety, 5 Mar. 2024 Clad all in black, his outfit syncs with the moody, industrial-chic interiors. Devon Pendleton, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024 Another exciting feature is its ability to sync with your music. Stack Commerce, Popular Science, 28 Feb. 2024 Those meetings can provide a chance to sync on how to trim spending together or to do something fun like set a vacation savings goal, Crowell says. Kimberly Palmer Of Nerdwallet, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2024 Problems with sign-in, syncing items across devices, and saving passwords are known to be affecting users in all regions. Wes Davis, The Verge, 5 Feb. 2024 Astronomers discover strange new type of star hidden in the center of our galaxy The strength of the metal detection also synced with changes observed in the star’s magnetic field, which led the team to determine that the metal scar was located on one of the star’s magnetic poles. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
Noun
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 If Biden’s sounds over-optimistic, Trump’s sounds cartoonishly dystopian, out of sync with the reality that the economy is genuinely improving. Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024 Some scientists hypothesize that feeling out of sync with peers during adolescence can contribute to feelings of loneliness and depression. Alexa Lee, STAT, 7 Mar. 2024 When the time plotted by Earth’s movement approaches one second out of sync with the time measured by atomic clocks, scientists around the world coordinate to stop atomic clocks for exactly one second, at 11:59:59 pm on June 30 or Dec. 31, to allow astronomical clocks to catch up. Michael E. Bakich, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024 The extra day keeps calendars and seasons from gradually falling out of sync and impacting harvesting, planting and other cycles based on the seasons. Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1945, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1929, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sync was in 1929

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“Sync.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sync. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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