How to Use sync in a Sentence

sync

1 of 2 verb
  • Disney hopes to sync that up with the March 2024 release.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Open the iCloud app, sign in with your Apple ID, and choose to sync your photos.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Your words and your thoughts might not sync up as well as normal.
    Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Their voices were stilted and failed to sync with the movement of their mouths.
    Paul Mozur, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
  • An avatar plays the trombone while the player moves their mouse up and down to sync with pitches on the screen.
    Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2022
  • So many variables needed to sync up just right to make this one an all-timer.
    Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2022
  • And in regards to the offense: the last week has been a battle to get the top half of the Rangers’ lineup and the bottom half to sync up at the same time.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 9 July 2023
  • As your emails sync to Thunderbird, there are a couple of checks to make.
    David Nield, WIRED, 1 Jan. 2024
  • There are lots of scales that can sync up to a smartphone using Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
    Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Use the app to see trends over time and sync your scale data with other health and fitness apps to keep track of your goals.
    Caroline Thomason, Health, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Make sure to tune into the local radio station to sync to the soundtrack.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2023
  • To add to its many perks, the cooker comes with a free syncing app that provides over 1,900 recipes for each function.
    Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The popular smart fitness tracker has long been able to sync with a PC or Mac.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Mac computers have had the ability to sync with iPhones for years.
    WIRED, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Apple stopped syncing new photos to the folder on June 26.
    Justin Pot, Popular Science, 6 July 2023
  • The researchers found that as soon as the volunteers looked each other in the eyes, their brain waves instantly synced up.
    Quanta Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Keep in mind that the board might not fit every sink size, so make sure your measurements sync up before adding to your cart.
    Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2022
  • In the video, Barker straightens out his outfit and poses for the camera as D'Amelio and Avani lip-sync a routine for the camera.
    Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Some alarm clocks use radio or alarm tones, while others can sync with music on your phone.
    Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Use the Bose Connect app’s party mode to sync two Bose Bluetooth speakers and distribute the sound in stereo.
    Will Palmer, Outside Online, 27 May 2022
  • For those who want to sync with a fitness app or watch TV on a phone or tablet, the bike has a nonadjustable media holder.
    Heather Mayer Irvine, wsj.com, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The new tool, which is free, enables two users to sync their phones to create a shot much cleaner than your average Zoom.
    Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2023
  • This rise in haze will sync up with today’s steady rise in temperatures.
    Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The main problem appeared to be that users couldn’t sync their data, set up devices, or view updates.
    Victoria Song, The Verge, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Voice and video call functions are built into Messages, which can also sync with your iPhone.
    Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The Meater Cloud is used to sync information between the meat thermometer and a smartphone or tablet.
    Brad Fenson, Field & Stream, 8 June 2023
  • At the time, Google said the feature would roll out gradually in Chrome on Android for users who sync their passwords.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 5 May 2022
  • Place the strips behind a computer monitor and set them up to sync with all the pretty colors on your screen.
    WIRED, 5 Sep. 2022
  • As usual, those who already own Sonos speakers will benefit the most, as the Arc and Sub can sync with others in the ecosystem.
    Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Nvidia is rolling out a new update for GeForce Now that allows members to sync their Xbox accounts to the cloud gaming service.
    Tom Warren, The Verge, 16 Nov. 2023
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sync

2 of 2 noun
  • Actors have to lip sync due to the pace and loudness of the mazes.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • This time, the sound and the picture are in perfect sync.
    Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Spotlights in the room dim and brighten out of sync with the song.
    Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The actual sync is played toward the end of the episode.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The watch adjusts its time to be in sync with the Atomic Clock.
    Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
  • But there’s a lot of work to be done for Harry and Fields to get in sync.
    Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Like, all of those girls were going to beat me in a lip sync.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The bottom two must then compete to stay on the show with a lip-sync for their lives.
    al, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The team is out of sync; the sentences grow disjointed.
    John Branch Adam Stoltman, New York Times, 14 July 2023
  • But the science is out of sync with what the Paris Agreement requires.
    Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The removal of the music sync function might cause some waves, though.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 Aug. 2022
  • How much of a physical toll did this episode take on you by the last lip-sync?
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2023
  • At a concert, the artist team takes over the app, so every stick in the venue blinks and glows in sync with the music.
    Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2022
  • And now, things seem to be coming back in sync for Runaway June.
    Tricia Despres, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Let the arm movements, swinging away from the body and criss crossing in front of the body, sync with the foot landings.
    Milo F. Bryant, Men's Health, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Both Caldwell and Allen were surprised that the two were often out of sync.
    WIRED, 21 Sep. 2022
  • This is the Dylan most in sync with the Zeitgeist and most comfortable in its glow.
    Brady Gerber, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Another British pop nugget from the noughts is riding high on the U.K. chart, thanks to a sync to the silver screen.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2024
  • His eyes beady, his forehead shiny, and his speech slightly out of sync from his mouth.
    Andrew R. Chow, Time, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Maybe the right sync or TikTok trend can push it even higher in Christmases to come.
    Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2022
  • When the fishers were not in sync with the dolphins, this response was less common.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Fields looked unsettled and out of sync for most of the afternoon.
    Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
  • In that case, there was no need to invent a mechanism that would have knocked it out of sync.
    Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2022
  • That can mean the audio is out of sync with the video, and your mouse and keyboard can feel unbearably slow.
    Jaina Grey, WIRED, 2 Dec. 2022
  • All six men were in harmonious sync for what felt like an hour.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The outfits were in-sync without being too matchy-matchy.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2022
  • As the demand exceeds supply, there’ll be a voltage drop, and the power plants get out of sync with the grid.
    Anna Blaustein, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2022
  • And then a couple of years later had something like a great sync in a movie or just got shared the right way and re-brought to the fore.
    Nekesa Mumbi Moody, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2022
  • These cycles seem to rise and fall in sync with Neptune’s cloud cover.
    Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
  • In the 1960s, the man whose name had always been uttered with reverence found himself out of sync with the new times.
    Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2023

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