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alignment

[uh-lahyn-muhnt] / əˈlaɪn mənt /


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The alignment may be produced by mantle flow, pockets of melt, or older structures already present in the lithosphere.

From Science Daily Sep. 1, 2026

He added that there should be "some alignment and joint decisions made".

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

Mahoney, said, “What we have now for the first time is alignment between one of the major social-media platforms and regulators from all over the country about how to deal with this issue.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

By the time he debuted as a freshman at DeSoto, coaches already trusted him to run choice routes, which gives the receiver multiple different options based on the defensive alignment.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

He saw marriage as the loving alignment of two people who could lead parallel lives but without forgoing any independent dreams or ambitions.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

The long-term consequences could outlast the war itself, reshaping regional alignments in ways that leave Iran more isolated.

From BBC Mar. 5, 2026

Although such alignments are unlikely at any given moment, Titan's outward migration sometimes creates these resonances.

From Science Daily Feb. 27, 2026

“But on any given day, financial investors are in fact oblivious to fundamental shifts in global alignments or worrying attacks on U.S. institutions,” he writes.

From Barron's Jan. 14, 2026

He reshuffled diplomatic alignments to buy time, giving the U.S. a stronger position by the following decade.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 2025

The hands glide to indicate the proper time, the planetary alignments set themselves in order.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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