RECONCILING Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

reconciling

verb

present participle of reconcile

as in coordinating

to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences historians have never been able to reconcile the two eyewitness accounts of the battle

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Recent Examples of reconciling The speed was only real in feel, not in fact, because the effort simply relocated from writing code to reviewing, reconciling and validating what the machine produced. — Tim Lee, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 They got engaged in October 2018, but split briefly before reconciling in August 2019. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 2 Oct. 2026 Miley spent a lot of this year reconciling her relationship with Hannah Montana and receiving her flowers as a generational music, TV and cultural icon. — Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026 The brothers have not been on speaking terms for some time, and William is reportedly dead set against ever reconciling with Harry. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026 Far more difficult is reconciling maritime safety rules, US civilian nuclear regulations, and UK standards, . — New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026 With defensive end Ashton Gillotte working back from a ruptured plantar fascia, the Chiefs have all the more urgency about reconciling depth beyond starter George Karlaftis. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconciling

Verb

Said flap featured silver studs throughout, accompanied by a coordinating silver chain strap.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026
Crews went floor to floor, hitting individual cubicles, offices and even coordinating with a restaurant also housed in the building.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of coordinating

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By then, Meta had begun integrating Manus' team and technology into its own.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
The message comes following Tuesday morning’s memo from David Ellison, chairman and CEO, and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz, which acknowledged that layoffs will be part of the process of integrating the two companies.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of integrating

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After combining to win just 60 games over the past three seasons, good health could see the team residing in the nation’s capital crack 40 wins for the first time since 2018.

— Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026
The new system takes the concept in a different direction by combining hydrogen production with chemical synthesis.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of combining

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Those expenses are rising as utilities invest more in aging infrastructure and in adapting their systems to cope with the effects of climate change, Food and Water Watch said in its study.

— Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
In the kids space, Studiocanal is also adapting Dermot O’Leary’s Toto the Ninja Cat and Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Longstocking with Heyday.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of adapting

Verb

His hire comes a week after Deadline revealed Stewart was among those that had exited Banijay Rights in a shakeup that followed Banijay Entertainment merging with All3Media.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2026
Mass Appeal and Whatnot are merging hip-hop, comics, art, fashion, sports and collectibles at this year’s New York City Comic Con.

— Angel Diaz, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of merging

Verb

This is a technology, which Sheeran mastered in his early years as a busker, that lets a guy perform with himself, in echoes, alone, harmonizing with his own voice.

— Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026
Aligning subsidies is also critical, because maintaining fair competition among North American companies and scaling up entire cross-border supply chains will be difficult without harmonizing how each country’s government supports its industry.

— Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2026