alignment
noun
an adjustment to a line; arrangement in a straight line.
alignments
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pluralof alignment.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He worked flashcards with Robinson and sometimes made his father line up in the street in front of their house just to commit certain plays and alignments to memory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Although such alignments are unlikely at any given moment, Titan's outward migration sometimes creates these resonances.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2026
Few details of Vance's programme have been disclosed, but the visit comes as Washington seeks a larger diplomatic and economic footprint in the South Caucasus amid shifting regional alignments.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
He reshuffled diplomatic alignments to buy time, giving the U.S. a stronger position by the following decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
The general rise in affluence had obscured the traditional class markers and distorted the old class-based political alignments.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
