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  • verb Present participle of realign.

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Examples

  • "However, the [Nixon] Administration, in realigning national priorities, has relegated the space program to a lesser role."

    Who's the boss? For now Christopher Scolese, Sort of - NASA Watch 2009

  • V.O. Key who coined the phrase realigning election and realigning eras, even though writing in a era of less statistical and technological sophistication, made his case in a far more detailed manner.

    Has There Been a Political Realignment? - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

  • Beyond that, there’s the (tiny) fear of tasting something you won’t like or the effort involved in realigning your worldview if you do like it.

    December 2005 2005

  • Beyond that, there’s the (tiny) fear of tasting something you won’t like or the effort involved in realigning your worldview if you do like it.

    Squid soup, part II: Inertia and White food 2005

  • It seems highly unlikely, though not impossible, that historians will one day view 2000 or 2004 as the kind of realigning election that Rove so badly wanted.

    The Rove Presidency 2007

  • It seems highly unlikely, though not impossible, that historians will one day view 2000 or 2004 as the kind of realigning election that Rove so badly wanted.

    The Rove Presidency 2007

  • Those plans came on top of other cost-savings moves, such as realigning store staffing, increasing overseas purchasing and cutting shipping and procurement costs.

    Sale of Stores Boosts Pep Boys Profit 2008

  • But landslides are not necessarily "realigning" elections -- those that change the contours of American politics, giving one party a long-term advantage.

    Jerome Karabel: The Politics of Realignment 2008

  • So, now I realise that the tension i've been feeling can be alleviated (or at least named) by "realigning" towards an approach of creating windows to engaging, intimate, exciting views on this rich, grubby tapestry we've all made.

    Archive 2005-10-01 2005

  • Pep Boys already has made several cost savings moves, such as realigning store staffing, increasing overseas purchasing and cutting shipping and procurement costs.

    Pep Boys Posts Wider Loss, 2007

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