synchrony
noun
syn·chro·ny
ˈsiŋ-krə-nē 
ˈsin-
plural synchronies
: synchronistic occurrence, arrangement, or treatment
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How about the first time two boosters landed side by side, punctuating the inaugural launch of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket with thrilling synchrony?
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
The researchers tested the impact of the intensity, as well as the presence of synchrony in the participants’ physical activity.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Dogs Often Mimic Their Owners' Behavior Dogs can unconsciously mirror human actions, moods, and energy levels—a phenomenon called behavioral synchrony.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
Then Marclay edited this reservoir—more than ten thousand clips logging all (or very nearly all) of the fourteen hundred and forty minutes of the day—into a film that unfolds in perfect synchrony with time itself, projected in a perpetual twenty-four-hour cycle.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
The researchers tested the impact of the intensity, as well as the presence of synchrony in the participants’ physical activity.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Dogs Often Mimic Their Owners' Behavior Dogs can unconsciously mirror human actions, moods, and energy levels—a phenomenon called behavioral synchrony.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
Then Marclay edited this reservoir—more than ten thousand clips logging all (or very nearly all) of the fourteen hundred and forty minutes of the day—into a film that unfolds in perfect synchrony with time itself, projected in a perpetual twenty-four-hour cycle.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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synchrony
noun
syn·chro·ny
ˈsiŋ-krə-nē, ˈsin-
plural synchronies
: synchronous occurrence, arrangement, or treatment
cells dividing in synchrony
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