synchronize
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A wave of teacher contracts is up for renegotiation now, thanks to a strategy the unions implemented a few years ago to synchronize expiration dates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Advanced computational algorithms are then used to synchronize the data after the measurements are complete.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2026
One powerful solution is to synchronize AI’s huge power needs with the public grid’s real-time stress level.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2025
In studies conducted by Yuko Hattori, an assistant professor at Kyoto University’s Primate Research Institute, chimpanzees were able to synchronize their movement to a variety of rhythms.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025
My father equipped us with flashlights, and I had to wear my watch and synchronize it with his.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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This system synchronizes cabin lighting, instruments and audio settings to one of five prefabricated “atmospheres,” including Lounge, Joy, Nature, Energetic, and Minimal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
It also helps drive the electric signal that synchronizes the contraction of the millions of heart muscle cells required for the heart to function as an efficient pump.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2024
“Daylight exposure synchronizes our internal clock with the external environment, reinforcing our sleep-wake cycle,” he told The Times over email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
This clock synchronizes and coordinates our body’s circadian rhythms, which help us prepare for things that happen at various times of day — such as falling asleep at night and waking up in the morning.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 3, 2023
The outbreak of the Raskol synchronizes with the introduction of foreign influence; and the coincidence is not accidental.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 by Various
That allows several police vehicles to broadcast a synchronized public safety announcement while flashing the same light-signal pattern.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
In coherent light, the waves remain synchronized so that their peaks and valleys follow a predictable pattern.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Research has linked synchronized movement with social bonding and increased pain thresholds, while studies of dance and movement therapy have found benefits for depression, anxiety and interpersonal functioning.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Electric grids use precisely synchronized clocks to detect disturbances hundreds of times each second before they cascade into blackouts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
All the women are nodding, their heads moving like synchronized swimmers.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
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Kaya de Barbaro, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, analyzed families with babies, synchronizing home audio recordings with the mothers’ smartphone use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
The big draw of space for data centers is power supply, with the option of synchronizing satellites to the sun's orbit to ensure constant light on solar panels.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
Another way, which has been studied more, is to see if they are capable of synchronizing to beats in a rhythm, Honing said.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025
They found that it is not only highly dynamic but also possesses a peculiar long-range order that may be responsible for synchronizing processes in the nucleus.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024
The cycle referenced in the title is a system for synchronizing the ritual and solar years by adding extra months to the calendar at intervals of two years, but not in the eighth year.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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