How to Use synchrony in a Sentence
synchrony
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And the greater the degree of synchrony, the study found, the more the audience enjoys the performance.
—Robert Martone, Scientific American, 2 June 2020
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It’s that synchrony that’s delightful, that feels easy, that makes the play a pleasure.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2021
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But the newest research suggests that synchrony is more than that—or can be.
—Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
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Working in synchrony, each elephant grabs its end of the rope in its trunk and pulls, drawing the platform and the treats within reach.
—Katherine Harmon Courage, Scientific American, 23 May 2017
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Lasers gain their power by lining up light waves in synchrony.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
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As the sun starts to set, fire dancers surround the pool, moving in hypnotizing synchrony.
—AL.com, 18 July 2017
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In perfect synchrony, the girls dipped their blades into the water and propelled their boats forward.
—Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2020
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When immersed in a glucose solution, the cells beat in synchrony.
—Lisa Freedman, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2008
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The research started as a search for synchrony in earthquake timing.
—Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 30 Oct. 2017
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One drummer at a trap set and another on congas put their parts in easy synchrony.
—Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 13 May 2017
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The ants also move their six legs in tripod formations, with the front foot on one side moving in synchrony with the back two legs on the other side.
—Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2019
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Three men jumped in synchrony into the air, to the ground, into the air again, and down, repeating infinitely.
—Catherine Lacey, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
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Instead the researchers found the opposite: a peak in synchrony at the onset followed by a decrease.
—Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2021
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The weakening of the feedback signals, according to the group’s models, led to a loss of synchrony between the brain areas.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, WIRED, 9 June 2018
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Once in a while, the wheels click in synchrony and the indifferent universe offers up a rare spectacle.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 10 Aug. 2017
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Since mid-March, many people across the U.S. have been working from home—and yearning for the synchrony found in face-to-face communication.
—Brandon Sanchez, WSJ, 16 June 2020
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Under normal circumstances, groups of two or three whales tend to dive in synchrony across tens of square kilometers to hunt for food.
—Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 27 Oct. 2017
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Some eight minutes after launch, a pair of sonic booms rocked the area as the two side boosters set down in near synchrony on two landing pads at Cape Canaveral.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2018
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The idea that eye gaze can be used to modulate synchrony is intriguing to other researchers.
—Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2021
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Other cells inside the nose and throat have tiny, anemone-like projections called cilia, which beat in synchrony in the more watery layer.
—Megan Molteni, Wired, 12 Nov. 2020
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Strangers and couples seem to have differing levels of brain synchrony, for instance.
—New York Times, 25 May 2021
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Both adults began to bounce, sometimes in perfect synchrony, sometimes not.
—Marta Zaraska, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2020
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Crickets sing in synchrony; metronomes placed side by side sway into lockstep; some fireflies blink together in the dark.
—Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2019
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It's considered the most prestigious event -- a drill that requires the platoon act in complete synchrony.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 7 May 2021
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The results suggested a complex synchrony between the rhythms of parasites and their hosts.
—Allessandra Dicorato, STAT, 21 Nov. 2022
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NeuroImage has shown that this synchrony can be seen in the brain activities of the audience and performer.
—Robert Martone, Scientific American, 2 June 2020
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Douglas fir makes cones sporadically and in synchrony with the shifts in climate over clusters of years.
—Suzanne Simard, Wired, 7 May 2021
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Can an audience create a dazzling sea of light to demonstrate synchrony?
—Ken House, Courant Community, 10 Apr. 2018
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Male and female Christmas tree worms reproduce by casting their sperm and eggs into the water in synchrony.
—Joanna Klein, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2017
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In one breathtaking long shot, Phil and a handful of other men walk along a road in near-perfect synchrony, their bodies stretched across the screen in an unbroken line.
—New York Times, 30 Nov. 2021
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