lines up

Definition of lines upnext
present tense third-person singular of line up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lines up
Verb
  • But the behavioral parallels to vertebrate REM sleep are striking.
    Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Speaking to adult-industry stakeholders, the image that emerges from Radvinsky’s career parallels that of a much more prominent online platform billionaire.
    Gustavo Turner, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Take responsibility for your routines and health as Saturn aligns with Pluto.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The spending spans continents—from European destinations to exclusive sporting events—and often aligns with the travel and activities of senior soccer officials.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The legislation orders West Bank military courts — which try only Palestinians — to make the death penalty the default sentence for those convicted, except in special circumstances.
    Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Ellie finally leaves after Daisy orders her back to the cabin.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Events like this also provide a way to bring the increasingly popular active-travel segment into the safari world, which, despite its rugged reputation, consists largely of being ferried about in Land Cruisers.
    Tom Vanderbilt, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The president is seeking $10 billion in damages; Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed last week that all of it would come from the Treasury General Account, which consists entirely of taxpayer dollars.
    Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • In fact, Yellowknife registers up to 240 nights of northern lights a year.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Having a government agency that automatically registers millions of young Americans for military service seems like unnecessary overreach.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The channel also features deal segments tied to Amazon shopping events and everyday deal streams, alongside licensed lifestyle programming that matches Amazon’s key shopping categories.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
  • When a customer completes an order online with a participating retailer, SameDay Local automatically matches them to the appropriate vehicle and driver, assigns the route and provides them live near-real-time tracking updates from pickup to delivery.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • This analysis was aided by the use of BTInsights, an AI open-end coding software that sorts responses into similar categories.
    Emily Guskin, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Realignment is the process by which the UIL, the state’s governing body for high school sports, reassigns schools across Texas into classifications based on enrollment, and then sorts them into districts.
    Ishmael Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • There’s not a nice one-to-one connection where El Niño equals wet winters in California and La Niña equals dry.
    Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • At a time major league owners would like you to believe market size equals destiny, the team with baseball’s longest postseason drought plays in the second-largest market in North America.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Lines up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lines%20up. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.

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