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also aline
1
as in to agree
to bring to or be in a state of agreement
Though we have our differences, we align on many issues.
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2
as in to line
to set in order
Make sure your quilting squares are aligned and pinned before sewing. She was waiting for the stars to align.
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Recent Examples of align
Where employees are experimenting, leadership is strategizing, and no one is fully aligned.
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Jason Richmond, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
The physical rollout also aligns with Palace’s expanding direct-to-business and territorial distribution deals.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 22 May 2026
Calvo questioned whether the number of seniors being served by the Little Havana non-profit aligns with the level of state funding the agency receives.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
Although Republicans who dominate the state Legislature are aligned on the broad contours of the new map, the House and Senate have competing visions for how to divvy up certain localities, including which parishes will be kept whole and which will be sliced up.
—ABC News, 22 May 2026
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Jason Richmond, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
The physical rollout also aligns with Palace’s expanding direct-to-business and territorial distribution deals.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 22 May 2026
Calvo questioned whether the number of seniors being served by the Little Havana non-profit aligns with the level of state funding the agency receives.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
Although Republicans who dominate the state Legislature are aligned on the broad contours of the new map, the House and Senate have competing visions for how to divvy up certain localities, including which parishes will be kept whole and which will be sliced up.
—ABC News, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for align
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The England international’s new deal, agreed at the start of the season, runs until the end of the 2029 campaign and was signed with a view to the 32-year-old seeing out his career on Merseyside.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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In the aftermath of the attack, Tom Wheeler (Chris Mulkey) offered to take Tate to Texas to go fishing, which sounded like a reprieve to Kayce, who agreed.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
25 May 2026
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To the extent that interest rates move without a corresponding change in inflation expectations, TIPS holders remain exposed to that duration, or interest rate, risk.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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Much more rarely — in fact, corresponding exactly to the release rate of movies by visionary German director Valeska Grisebach — the brilliance goes bone-deep, emerging from an astonishingly new and strange filmic architecture.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
22 May 2026
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Well more than a year before the May 18 attack, Caleb Vazquez’s behavior had so concerned officials that he was placed on a 72-hour involuntary hold for a mental health evaluation, feared to be a danger to himself or others, court documents indicate.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
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To prevent the queen from moving upward, beekeepers often place a screen called an excluder between the brood chambers and honey supers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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“Align.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/align. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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