as in to accompany
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 synchronize Investigators have been working to synchronize the recordings to better understand the events leading to the collision. Alexandra Skores, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025 Over the last decade, the city has hosted sectional and regional competitions, synchronized skating competitions and theater-on-ice competitions. Kevin Draper, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2025 Contagious urination has yet to be studied in the wild, but the possible discovery of another social behavior in chimpanzees, who are known to exhibit contagious grooming and synchronized walking, is not surprising, experts say. Collin Blinder, science.org, 22 Jan. 2025 To do this, stimuli that won't distract the wearer but help synchronize brainwave activity aims to train the brain. New Atlas, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for synchronize
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  • Other records show the mayor was accompanied to the Philippines by his foreign affairs adviser – a city employee on loan from the U.S. State Department.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
  • And in another filmed short, original cast member Laraine Newman’s nostalgic return to Studio 8H was accompanied by Pete Davidson’s bored, dim Chad.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2025
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  • The hospital boom coincided with China’s economic rise, resulting in more people living healthier and for longer.
    Claire Fu, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Kellogg’s trip to Kyiv coincided with recent barbs between Trump and Zelensky that have cast further doubt on the future of U.S. support for Ukraine’s war effort.
    Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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  • That’s part of the beauty of St. Barts—the hotels all coexist as part of one ecosystem, guests at one property dining at restaurants of another, creating a steady churn of new faces and moods.
    Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The seasons change, the significant intertwines with the insignificant, and beauty and ugliness coexist.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025

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“Synchronize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synchronize. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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