line up

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Recent Examples of line up Here is how the Giants (19-11, 2nd in NL West) will line up for the finale: Game 2️⃣ ⌚️: 1:10 p.m. Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025 Charli xcx has lined up yet another major acting gig. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2025 The rule change specifically states a ban of an offensive player having the ability to immediately push his teammate who is lined up directly behind the snapper and receives the snap. Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2025 Fellow dictatorships including Russia, China, North Korea, Cuba, and Iran lined up behind Maduro while Gonzalez fled the country during the reign of state terror against dissidents that followed the election. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 20 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for line up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for line up
Verb
  • That might mean specific wrapping paper bins or a wrapping station, craft bins organized by holiday, or larger pull-out shelves or bins for bulky or oversized items.
    Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2025
  • The Met Gala is an annual fundraiser organized by Vogue for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Anna Wintour Costume Institute.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 2 May 2025
Verb
  • Rodriguez registered another draw with Cynthia Calvillo in December 2019, and wound up losing to all-time great Carla Esparza in July 2020.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
  • Germans had registered more than 780,000 of the devices with the country’s utility regulator as of December.
    Akielly Hu, Wired News, 3 May 2025
Verb
  • Employers are grouped into similar sizes to best compare similar employee experiences.
    Bob Helbig, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2025
  • Now the coaches are grouped together with seniors and contributors and have to get 80%.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
Verb
  • Many of his posts align with the positions of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Francis, who criticized the Trump administration's views on immigration.
    Rhona Tarrant, CBS News, 9 May 2025
  • The above reality provides some of the backdrop for how hybrid multi-cloud infrastructure management vendors are now aligning their services.
    Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Verb
  • Dutton's plight parallels that of Canada's opposition leader, Pierre Poilievre, who lost his seat after Trump declared economic war on the U.S. neighbor to the north.
    Time, Time, 3 May 2025
  • The market’s response today parallels the reaction when Hasbro reported its fourth quarter and full-year earnings results at the end of February.
    Joan Verdon, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • And those watering holes in the terminal selling overpriced cocktails would, of course, go out of business without nervous fliers who order a few drinks before their flights.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 3 May 2025
  • The cycle continues Martinez and another pledge were ordered to finish a half-gallon of rum between them, and Martinez’s blood-alcohol content was measured at 0.372 after his death, almost five times the legal limit, his family previously said in a statement.
    Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
Verb
  • The neutral colors match everything, but the playful pattern still makes a statement.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2025
  • None of it matched the man serving life in prison for the crime.
    Gina Barton, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Verb
  • But the large open kitchen that takes up most of the room is the same—with cooks’ stations encircling a central vent that’s dramatically cantilevered, like the funnel of a cruise ship—as is the seating, much of it arranged around a sweeping U-shaped counter.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
  • Gaps in its provenance, especially around World War II, resulted in the im Kinsky auction house working to arrange a settlement between the consignor, a private Austrian citizen, and the heirs of the Lieser family for a share of the sale.
    Karen K. Ho for ARTnews, Robb Report, 2 May 2025

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“Line up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/line%20up. Accessed 16 May. 2025.

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