alignment

variants also alinement

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Recent Examples of alignment The planet's rings have been gradually tilting toward an edge-on alignment for the past seven years. Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 21 Mar. 2025 The heavy scrutiny of the tech industry stands in contrast to Trump’s apparent alignment with Silicon Valley. Julia Shapero, The Hill, 20 Mar. 2025 At the same time that skywatchers on Earth were looking up to see the Moon turn an eerie blood red, Firefly's cameras were looking back at us as the Sun, Earth, and Moon moved into alignment and darkness fell at Mare Crisium. Ars Technica, 18 Mar. 2025 The movement also comes amid declining Tesla sales in Europe, which some attribute to CEO Elon Musk's political alignment with Trump. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for alignment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alignment
Noun
  • While taking your room’s layout and square footage into account, don't be afraid to think outside the box: how can your sitting room function for you?
    Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2025
  • That perspective extended from the interiors to the layout.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The strategy focuses on improving early warning systems, ensuring the continuity of essential services such as healthcare and drinking water and helping citizens prepare for responding to crises.
    Lili Bayer, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Any transition must ensure the continuity and quality of coding standards, possibly through public funding or multi-stakeholder governance models that replace a single private owner.
    Vlad Panin, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Julie Butner, president and CEO of Tarrant Area Food Bank, said the organization has been able to maintain balanced supply and distribution through the local food purchase agreement.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The distribution of payments depends on which day of the month a retiree was born.
    Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In the pursuit of minimalism and functionality, high-end fashion and design are nearing genderless distinction.
    Sofia Celeste, WWD, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Disciplines include but are not limited to musical creation or performance, theater, dance, choreography, writing, design, film, television, radio and broadcasting, visual art, multimedia, writing, technology/innovation, architecture and design.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Pageant orientation: Young women ages 14 to 21 who live, attend or attended high school within Poway Unified School District boundaries can learn about entering the Miss Rancho Bernardo/Miss Teen RB scholarship pageants during a 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 6 orientation meeting.
    Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
  • This is because Neptune’s magnetic field has an odd orientation, which Voyager 2 revealed is tilted by 47 degrees relative to the planet’s axis of rotation.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • With the data collected over the years, researchers were able to develop a clearer picture of the sharks’ movements and behavior patterns in the area.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Choose from 31 colors and patterns, and enjoy the flowy material that one shopper called lightweight, comfortable, and easy to pack.
    Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The concrete bases of the structure were located at the points where the bedrock is highest, reducing the cost of building the house’s foundations.
    María Noval-Quílez, Architectural Digest, 30 Mar. 2025
  • At stake are family budgets, America’s prominence as the world’s leading financial power and the structure of the global economy.
    Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025

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“Alignment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alignment. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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