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synchronize

[sing-kruh-nahyz] / ˈsɪŋ krəˌnaɪz /


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The findings reveal the many ways animals exchange information to synchronize their behavior and maintain partnerships that benefit both sides.

From Science Daily Jun. 20, 2026

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

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

Babies as young as one or two days old synchronize their head, elbow, shoulder, hip, and foot movements with the speech patterns of adults.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

Today, GPS serves as a foundational macroeconomic pillar: It manages international supply chains, synchronizes global cellular networks, guides autonomous agricultural machinery and timestamps high-frequency trades on Wall Street.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

But during a seizure, the chatter synchronizes into loud bursts of electrical activity that overwhelm the brain's casual conversation.

From Science Daily Nov. 15, 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 third Unit of Treatment synchronizes and harmonizes mental and physical actions and re-establishes normal co-ordination between the brain and the muscles of speech, which completes the work necessary to bring about a cure.

From Stammering, Its Cause and Cure by Bogue, Benjamin Nathaniel

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

“When you have a more robust light signal early in the morning, that will help keep your internal circadian system synchronized to the day.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 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

There are also synchronized motocross jumps in front of the White House, which feels like a 12-year-old’s doodle come to life.

From Slate Jun. 16, 2026

All the women are nodding, their heads moving like synchronized swimmers.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson

PepsiCo anticipates retraining and redeploying some drivers to other types of work, including managing the new equipment, synchronizing the movement of people who go to the stores, or handling the unloading themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 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

"We have uncovered a surprising solution that the brain employs after sleep whereby neural populations participating in the task reduce their level of synchrony after sleep despite receiving synchronizing inputs during sleep itself," Dragoi said.

From Science Daily Nov. 22, 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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