synchronize
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In a 2020 Nature Physics study, Motter's team showed that electrical generators could synchronize more successfully when they operated somewhat differently from one another.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Ms. Daanje dramatizes their struggle to make their experiences of reality synchronize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 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
Together, these sensors convert stretch and pressure into electrical and chemical signals that help synchronize contractions.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2026
“Now, men, we’re going to synchronize our watches,” Colonel Korn began promptly in a sharp, commanding manner, rolling his eyes flirtatiously in General Dreedle’s direction.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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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
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 date at which firebacks became common probably synchronizes with the removal of the fire from the centre to the side or end of a room.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
It now encompasses a mashup of disparate tire shops, oil change outfits and repair centers, including franchises and company-owned stores, that maintain their local identity but benefit from being part of a synchronized national network.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Electronic devices need chips that process data in a synchronized way, and SiTime makes components that facilitate this.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
The researchers needed to confirm that the two qubits were actually synchronized inside the quantum bath.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 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
And, critically, the higher the stroke rate, the harder it is to keep all the many individual movements of the crew synchronized.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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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
“Generally heat domes instead affect very large geographic areas — synchronizing hot and sometimes very dry conditions — which can lead to additional challenges that may not materialize with ‘local’ heat wave events,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 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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