jibes

Definition of jibesnext
present tense third-person singular of jibe

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for jibes
Verb
  • That was the preliminary benchmark revision, an annual first-look estimate that coincides with the release of the first-quarter QCEW data.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
  • That trend coincides with an increasingly powerful presidency and a Supreme Court majority that encouraged it.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The power unit corresponds of how these things are measured in any other (way).
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Players choose a card, which offers a category like pizza toppings or cartoons, and take turns shouting out a word that fits the category and corresponds to a letter on the board that hasn’t already been used.
    Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The knee-high design works in the same way as the tights, offering compression to improve circulation in a fashionable design that conforms to your shape.
    Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The force utilized by Sterling Heights Police Officer conforms to Michigan law, as well as applicable agency policy, standards, and guidelines.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • However, the ability to choose an educational environment that truly fits our child has not only improved their academic performance, but also their overall happiness and outlook on life.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The company’s broader artificial intelligence suite already emphasizes anomaly detection and real-time monitoring of regulatory change, and this workforce and leave engine fits neatly into that narrative by treating time data as another stream to undergo continuous evaluation for risk.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Samantha Lawler, an associate professor of astronomy at the University of Regina, agrees, stressing that objects so bright will muddy astronomy—and more.
    Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agrees that untreated periodontitis can make chronic conditions, such as diabetes, worse.
    Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Realignment is the process by which the UIL, the state’s governing body for high school sports, reassigns schools across Texas into classifications based on enrollment, and then sorts them into districts.
    Ishmael Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • This year's report includes new functions including Listening Age, which tells users how old their music tastes make them, and Clubs, which sorts listeners into groups based on their tastes.
    Hannah Hudnall, IndyStar, 3 Dec. 2025
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“Jibes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jibes. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.

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