sync

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verb

variants or less commonly synch
synced also synched ˈsiŋ(k)t How to pronounce sync (audio) ; syncing also synching ˈsiŋ-kiŋ How to pronounce sync (audio)

sync

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noun

variants or less commonly synch
: synchronization, synchronism
moving in sync
out of sync with the world
sync adjective

Examples of sync in a Sentence

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Verb
Able to sync external retirement accounts to your Betterment retirement goal so all your accounts are in one place. Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025 Passkeys sync through iCloud Keychain with end-to-end encryption. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
The horror comes from the violation of a group meant to exist in harmony — featuring a cast of real dancers as the luridly fluid characters — being thrown violently out of sync, like a body spasming. Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025 A-fib is an irregular, quivering or often rapid heart rhythm resulting from the heart’s upper chambers, the atria, beating out of sync with the lower chambers, the ventricles. Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sync

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1945, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1929, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sync was in 1929

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“Sync.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sync. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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