How to Use alignment in a Sentence

alignment

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  • The school has to bring its programs into alignment with state requirements.
  • New alignments have been created within the political party.
  • The Colts blamed some poor alignment for a couple of the gashing runs.
    — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Oct. 2022
  • In the first picture, the Browns line up in the four-front alignment with each gap covered.
    — Lance Reisland, cleveland, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The beginning of the play needs to look like a run in terms of formation, alignment, down and distance.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Is there internal alignment on addressing gaps in pay by gender?
    — Anuradha Hebbar, Quartz, 22 Oct. 2022
  • Though some of the issues are physical, many deal with alignment and communication concerns.
    — Lance Reisland, cleveland, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Even if the coalitions are fragile, the perception of racial alignment has advanced both groups leading to meaningful power.
    — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Proper stance, alignment, start, technique, formation recognition, and down and distance recognition are important to be aware of on the start of each play.
    — Lance Reisland, cleveland, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Therefore, executives need to make alignment arguments to the broader institution or to customers over time.
    — Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The brands’ passion for family and tradition was another point of brand alignment between Del Toro and Renais.
    — Kanika Talwar, WWD, 23 Oct. 2024
  • For all these sharp differences, there are also areas of strong alignment on issues that may also come as a surprise to those with a simplistic analysis of what motivates Latino voters.
    — Frankie Miranda and Luis A. Miranda, TIME, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Shim the board to the proper alignment, then hot glue those shims—and the board—in place.
    — Jean Levasseur, Popular Science, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Most likely, all eyes will be on the alignment of the moon and sun.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The stars must have been in some kind of weird alignment on Tuesday.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The Sox are 3-1 in those games and have averaged 5.0 runs, so the alignment has worked.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
  • For instance, in the alignment of Princess Charlotte’s left hand with the sleeve of her sweater.
    — Greg Norman, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The agreements extend the alignment and lock in the game at Legion Field through 2026.
    — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The Rangers’ alignment has been designed to give them the best offensive lineup to start the game.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Switch the alignment of your feet in the next revolution.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Something Hugh Freeze has talked a lot about is alignment.
    — Matt Cohen | [email protected], al, 28 July 2023
  • One alignment last June, for example, was the first of its kind since 2004.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 24 Mar. 2023
  • In fact, the eight-planet alignment last happened in June.
    — Simrin Singh, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2022
  • My high school coach, Paul Leroy, showed me two things about foot alignment and ball placement.
    — Jason Hahn, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2022
  • There’s no way around the fact that sleeping on your belly puts your back, neck, and head out of alignment.
    — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Normally, that tilt means that when the moon moves between Earth and the sun, the three bodies are out of alignment.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 8 Feb. 2024
  • To spot the alignment, seek a clear view of the western horizon at sunset, Laycock said.
    — Kate Armanini, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The best sleep position is one that promotes healthy spinal alignment from your hips all the way to your head.
    — Ana Osorno, Town & Country, 17 Mar. 2023
  • To me in the Democratic party, there’s a lot of alignment around these key questions.
    — How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Here's why During a partial lunar eclipse, the moon passes through only part of the Earth's shadow, or umbra, entering into an imperfect alignment with the sun and Earth.
    — Jenny Porter Tilley, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Oct. 2024

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