How to Use synchronous in a Sentence

synchronous

adjective
  • Earth has been stuck with the synchronous side for billions of years.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Their synchronous styles just go to show that great minds think alike (or dress alike, in this case).
    — Suzannah Weiss, Teen Vogue, 26 Aug. 2017
  • Now, this doesn’t mean there isn’t a time and place for synchronous meetings and live events.
    — Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024
  • More than half the day has to be live for it to be considered synchronous.
    — Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Dec. 2024
  • More than half the day has to be live for it to be considered synchronous.
    — Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 26 Jan. 2026
  • One hour of synchronous instruction in the spring didn’t cut it.
    — oregonlive, 15 Aug. 2020
  • More than half the day has to be live in order for it to be considered synchronous.
    — Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Are there any drawbacks to a sun-synchronous orbit?
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
  • This was a great idea, but the cameras of the time had trouble shooting synchronous sound.
    — Bart Weiss, Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2019
  • Earth is locked in a synchronous dance with the moon, so the same lunar hemisphere always faces away from us.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
  • So far, the incidence of the disease has not been synchronous.
    — Carmen Reinhart, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2020
  • No synchronous online classes will be held.
    — Eryn Dion, The Providence Journal, 24 Feb. 2026
  • No synchronous online classes will be held.
    — Katie Landeck, The Providence Journal, 23 Feb. 2026
  • No synchronous online classes will be held.
    — Katie Landeck, The Providence Journal, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The synchronous brain waves are then an expression of the empathy.
    — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 4 Mar. 2018
  • To make things more synchronous, the actress is 46—which is the same age her grandmother was when she was born.
    — Keyaira Kelly, Essence, 25 Nov. 2020
  • But the nexus of true talent and economic celebrity are not always synchronous.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2019
  • Fishing and rare synchronous fireflies round out some of the park’s more famous offerings.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2023
  • Go in early summer to catch the exceptional synchronous fireflies that light up the night sky for a week or two each year.
    — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
  • Each year, typically in the spring, the fireflies put on a synchronous light display in order to find a mate.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Each year, typically in the spring, the fireflies put on a synchronous light display in order to find a mate.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Known as synchronous rotation, this celestial dance means that the same lunar face always peers down at us.
    — National Geographic, 3 July 2019
  • Our love for independence and self-reliance cannot help but be synchronous with loneliness.
    — Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • These synchronous styles posed the same challenge of attempting to control the pace while slowing down their opponent on the break.
    — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The Garden turned from a place of funereal silence to one united by a loud, synchronous chant.
    — Alana Semuels, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2017
  • The synchronous fireflies live in the Smokies but have been spotted in other pockets of the country.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2021
  • To superimpose synchronous music on this film seemed to me to betray completely in the spirit of the project.
    — Jamie Lang, Variety, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Swarms of synchronous fireflies are rather like melting ice, or at least that’s how Raphael Sarfati, a physicist, sees it.
    — New York Times, 7 July 2021
  • The satellite is in a sun-synchronous polar orbit that gives it complete coverage of the planet every day.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The event takes place around the Elkmont Campground, one of the best places to see the synchronous sparkles in the Smokies.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2026

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