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also alinement
as in layout
the way objects in space are arranged in proper relation to one another
The alignment of the text with the pictures is off.
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Recent Examples of alignment
The conservative media firebrand, a leading MAGA voice, has already noted his dissent against Trump's alignment with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk — but the president-elect has seemingly sided with the world's richest man.
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 19 Jan. 2025
Astronomically, the planetary alignment is exciting because the event is expected to be visible from nearly everywhere (weather-dependent).
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
The secret to doing this well is to have regular communication and alignment conversations before things go off the rails.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Multiple runs by the system’s track-geometry cars — specialized work trains that use a suite of cameras and measuring devices to check the spacing and alignment of the rails — have yet to turn up anything definitive.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 19 Jan. 2025
Astronomically, the planetary alignment is exciting because the event is expected to be visible from nearly everywhere (weather-dependent).
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
The secret to doing this well is to have regular communication and alignment conversations before things go off the rails.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Multiple runs by the system’s track-geometry cars — specialized work trains that use a suite of cameras and measuring devices to check the spacing and alignment of the rails — have yet to turn up anything definitive.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alignment
Noun
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Downing sees many people try to fit too much furniture into a small bedroom layout.—
Rachel Davies,
Architectural Digest,
23 Jan. 2025
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The layout of this single-story house consists of three bedrooms and three bathrooms.—
Bay Area Home Report,
The Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Experience no longer automatically means continuity.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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There would also be non-material consequences, namely that the close-to-insurmountable obstacles to getting global leaders to believe that the United States will have even minimal policy continuity between administrations will get even higher.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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Tennessee’s attorney general asserted that, after conducting an investigation, the state determined some or all of the products brought into Tennessee Family Dollar stores from the Arkansas distribution center violated the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Jan. 2025
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The film co-stars Maria Dizzia, Christian Cooke, Gabe Fazio, and Amy Forsyth and is currently looking for U.S. distribution.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The Next-Generation of All-Electric RVing As with the early prototype, the Flow features thoughtfully appointed interiors and a sleek design that Pebble says is designed to reduce drag.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Jan. 2025
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Everywhere Backpack 22-liter $78 $54 at Lululemon This backpack has a sleek design and thoughtful features.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Jan. 2025
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In the site planning of the tracts, orientation to prevailing winds was typically left to chance.—
Richard Olsen,
Forbes,
26 Jan. 2025
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And the orientation of the terrain would favor those areas, in particular, having the higher chances, the higher potentials, for those higher totals and rainfall intensities.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Let the past inform your future, but try not to get stuck in old patterns.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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March babies are treated to a daffodil pattern, while June gets honeysuckle, and so on.—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Suspicious from the start Scientists had suspected since the discovery of DNA’s structure in the 1950s that genetic misspellings and other mutations accruing in non-reproductive, or somatic, tissues could help explain disease and aging.—
Amber Dance,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Jan. 2025
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Both of these issues, however, can be solved with careful engineering of the battery's structure.—
Ashley Belanger,
Ars Technica,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Alignment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alignment. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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