synchronizing

verb

present participle of synchronize
as in accompanying
to occur or exist at the same time the subtitles must synchronize with the movie's spoken dialogue

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Recent Examples of synchronizing For Hyliion, synchronizing multiple KARNO units marks a significant engineering milestone beyond the performance of a single generator. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026 This can be bolstered by establishing public-private partnerships, synchronizing supply chains, and facilitating the exchange of threat intelligence—no entity should operate in isolation. — Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 How was everyone synchronizing their clocks a hundred years ago? — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026 The second screen shows raw footage from one of the 17 cameras, synchronizing with the edited version at various moments during the hour-and-a-half runtime. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 10 June 2026 The Saturday night balloon glow is a literal highlight, pilots synchronizing their burner ignitions for a spectacle guaranteed to bring on oohs and ahs. — Shauna Farnell, Denver Post, 25 May 2026 Working out the process of synchronizing and timing the cantilevers’ motion and light beams to generate the right colors at the right time was a substantial effort, according to Andy Greenspon, a researcher at MITRE who also worked on the project. — IEEE Spectrum, 9 Apr. 2026 By synchronizing all these data streams, the team documented not just the delivery but the hours-long cooperative effort that followed. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2026 By synchronizing drone footage, audio recordings and shipboard observations, the researchers documented the complex social structure and communication behind the birth. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for synchronizing
  1. accompanying
  2. coinciding
  3. coexisting
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  • The accompanying report, released in late May, found that the museum misused grants provided by the US Geological Survey, given for STATEMAP, its state geological mapping program.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 31 July 2026
  • Kate, a huge tennis fan, presented the trophy to the winner of the women’s tournament, Linda Noskova—a moment captured in the video montage accompanying the post.
    — Mathilde Engelmann, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026
Definition of accompanying
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  • The event’s guest list will consist of an exclusive group of showrunners recognized on Variety’s coinciding 2026 Showrunners Impact List.
    — William Earl, Variety, 28 July 2026
  • The Gwinnett Stripers released Shunk on Monday, according to the official transaction log, coinciding with the decision to move an outfielder off of the big-league roster.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of coinciding
Verb
  • New ways of coexisting Humans have very good reasons to be concerned about potentially harmful species.
    — Elan Abrell, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
  • There are, of course, other models of languages coexisting, with varying levels of amity.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of coexisting

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“Synchronizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synchronizing. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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