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- noun The act of
realigning or something realigned
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Examples
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Faced with a sharp drop in its endowment and a $15 million deficit the society which operates the Bronx Zoo announced what it called a realignment intended to make it "meaner, leaner and greener."
Trey Ellis: Brotherhood of Lions Offers Concessions to Zookeepers 2009
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This recession/depression/perpetual funk is what I call a realignment recession.
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Afghanistan emerged as a country of sorts only in the mid-18th century, and a case can be made that with the slow-motion dissolution of the former Soviet empire in Central Asia, and the gradual weakening of the Pakistani state, a historic realignment is now taking place that could see Afghanistan disappear on the political map: in the future, for example, the Hindu Kush could form a border between Pashtunistan and a Greater Tajikistan.
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This realignment is predicated on a change in political demography and geography.
Donk Depression James Taranto 2010
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Currency realignment is the last chapter of the credit crunch and the process has started right now.
Western Governments' Addiction To Credit And The Rise Of China ADVFN Clem Chambers 2010
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Afghanistan emerged as a country of sorts only in the mid-18th century, and a case can be made that with the slow-motion dissolution of the former Soviet empire in Central Asia, and the gradual weakening of the Pakistani state, a historic realignment is now taking place that could see Afghanistan disappear on the political map: in the future, for example, the Hindu Kush could form a border between Pashtunistan and a Greater Tajikistan.
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Sununu's abysmal numbers suggest that 2006 was not a fluke, but potentially a long-term realignment in the state.
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'Cause when we get the music, and its at the top of the charts, it could well mean a political realignment is underway.
Is That Legal?: A March On Washington, DC . . . Where's the Music? 2007
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'Cause when we get the music, and its at the top of the charts, it could well mean a political realignment is underway.
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Sununu's abysmal numbers suggest that 2006 was not a fluke, but potentially a long-term realignment in the state.
Two New Polls Show Sununu Extremely Vulnerable In New Hampshire 2009
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