ALIGNMENTS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

alignments

noun

variants also alinements

plural of alignment

as in layouts

the way objects in space are arranged in proper relation to one another The alignment of the text with the pictures is off.

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Recent Examples of alignments The primary pedestrian entrances are on Polk and follow the alignments of Plymouth Court and Federal Street to the north. — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026 Keep in mind that after the first that took place in July, this is the second of thirteen alignments that will unfold between these two planets before 2032. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026 If the cost of finishing this frenetic playoff push is peculiar defensive alignments, the Astros will pay it. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Summary Major League Soccer is reportedly planning significant playoff format changes, moving away from current conference alignments to a single table with five geographic divisions for scheduling. — John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 This year, with the FHSAA restructuring classification alignments, those two teams find themselves in the same class and headed on a collision course in the same 6A district. — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026 Regional alignments will drift further away from the anti-Iranian coalition that American officials envision. — Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 His greater concern is that even a militarily weak pact could encourage opposing alignments to harden. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 While the Maxwell Ratings reflect each team’s strength, the simulation highlights the impact of the season’s structure as defined by the games, region alignments and playoff brackets. — Loren Maxwell, AJC.com, 11 Aug. 2026

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Noun

More complex layouts might eventually produce stronger swimming or other movements.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026
Drivers knew the back entrances, the factory layouts, and the best path to the boss of a mom-and-pop workshop.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of layouts

Noun

Depending on the facts, annual distributions may also be required.

— Ronald Stair, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
People are being warned not to mail checks because of rampant theft, yet brokerages still rely on sending physical checks for certain transactions such as qualified charitable distributions or 401(k) rollovers.

— Liz Weston, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of distributions

Noun

Hotels, as well as airports, are perfect places to test this technology because their electricity usage follows quite predictable patterns.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2026
According to a new report on eating patterns in America by market research company Circana, nearly half of US adults are actively trying to consume more protein, from bars to whey powder to chicken breasts night after night.

— Emily Laurence Sardinha, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of patterns

Noun

Nonetheless, his corpus boasts certain continuities and several recurring motifs.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Advertisement Kryptonite, the iconic weakness of Superman and Supergirl (along with red suns and, in some continuities, magic), was first created for the '40s radio serial The Adventures of Superman.

— James Grebey, Time, 26 June 2026

Definition of continuities

Noun

But De Kooning would apply fragments of the reproductions to new compositions, often in different orientations.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026
For investors evaluating the domestic energy landscape, the distinct strategic orientations of the big three independent operators illustrate how this cash windfall is being captured.

— Harvey Stober, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of orientations

Noun

Commercial designs would more likely control groups of cells to reduce hardware complexity and cost.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
To help textile mills assess the impact of their headers, Fabscrap also developed a Smart Swatch Scorecard, which assigns header designs a grade, based on the number of components and the relative ease of disassembling them.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of designs

Noun

The main structures at the front (the spa, gym, studio, and reception) are made of natural stone with bougainvillea tumbling down their sides, set between shallow pools of water, echoing the floating effect of the resort above the mangroves.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Of that amount, $400 million is going toward measurement technologies, including cryo-electron tomography, which can reveal near-atomic structures inside cells, and microscopy systems intended to image millions to billions of cells in living tissue.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of structures

Noun

Despite not being produced by instruments as such, the sequences Stanton found playing in his ears were strangely musical; their arrangement, through its patterning, the dynamism of its counterpoint and dissonance, almost symphonic.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026
The film will shoot on location in New York City (for sequences chronicling her arrival by ship and her Broadway musicals), the Brazilian city of Maricá (standing in for Los Angeles) and Rio.

— Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

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