How to Use coordination in a Sentence

coordination

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  • The new agency will oversee the coordination of the various departments.
  • There needs to be better coordination between departments.
  • Being a good photo editor demands taste and a sense of coordination.
    — Hanya Yanagihara, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Some of this neighborly connection is likely the result of all the work and coordination involved in shutting a road to traffic.
    — Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 29 July 2024
  • The psychology major is hoping to go to grad school to major in nursing and eventually go into care coordination.
    — Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The complex choreography of this mission, which involves a rover, a lander, a rocket, an orbiter and the coordination of two space agencies, is unprecedented.
    — Chris Impey, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2024
  • This imaging test uses an X-ray and barium solution to observe the shape and coordination of the esophagus after swallowing.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 29 July 2024
  • Pitt gets bonus points for the coordination here: the shoes matched the yellow stitching on his suit.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Start with the flows in this workout, which challenges your strength, coordination, and mind in all the right ways.
    — Eric Leija, Men's Health, 6 May 2022
  • But none of these sanctions were done in full coordination with the EU.
    — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2022
  • If your child needs to work on fine motor coordination (and their nerves), this is the game!
    — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Managers there have seen some of the challenges to coordination up close in large and small ways.
    — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • What did the stunt coordination look like on this movie?
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2024
  • When asked why the restoration has taken so long, the mayor said there needed to be more coordination on the part of the city.
    — Erin Edgemon, AL.com, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Potential: Has the hands and foot coordination to dazzle with the puck and could be a top-six winger.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 16 June 2019
  • Is this supposed to be one of many projects, in which case, where is the coordination to make sure that there is an impact.
    — Dileep Rao, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Four or five years ago there wasn’t this kind of coordination.
    — Kevin Fagan, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2018
  • The two stars chose to match for their first appearance, though the coordination was hardly in your face.
    — Vogue, 14 Mar. 2019
  • Part of the delay has been the lack of coordination between city agencies.
    — Shwanika Narayan, SFChronicle.com, 25 Feb. 2020
  • The texts mostly concerned the coordination of phone calls and a meeting between the two.
    — Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
  • As opposed to the painstaking coordination of film sets, these shots are often off the cuff.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Young pandas pounce and play not just for fun, but to build skills like balance and coordination.
    — Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Inhalants can cause a person to slur their speech and lose coordination of their body.
    — Kashmira Gander, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Here’s a fun way to work on your core strength, balance and coordination: Try walking along a slackline.
    — Sarah Sekula, Fox News, 7 June 2018
  • One is the kind of stove-piping where each unit or department sort of does its own thing and there is very little coordination.
    — Justin George, Washington Post, 28 May 2022
  • Union and Wade kept the coordination tight with a silver and black color scheme and matching hoods on top of their glittering looks.
    — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
  • The key word there is coordination, and that’s really what this office is about.
    — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Know the effects medicines can have on your balance, coordination and judgment, and avoid swimming if the medicine affects any of those.
    — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 31 May 2022
  • Slurring speech or loss of coordination can be warning signs to slow down.
    — Richard Sima, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Dec. 2022
  • If that coordination fails the city will die, but if an individual thing fails then of course the city can repair it.
    — Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2024

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