realign

realignment | Business English

realignment
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˌriːəˈlaɪnmənt/us
WORKPLACE
the process of changing the way a company or organization works or does business:
The realignment comes at a time of rapid change in the online advertising market, as advances in technology create new opportunities for advertising.
realignment of sthThey're making an effort to boost supply capacity amid a global realignment of the industry.
organizational/management/internal realignments
a major/radical/strategic realignment
a realignment plan/process/exercise
ECONOMICS
the process of changing the value of a currency compared to the value of other currencies or of changes in interest rates:
Most people in Europe would be happier if the burden of the dollar's realignment were shared more evenly.
realignment of sthRealignments of exchange rates can be potentially disruptive.
currency realignment

Examples of realignment

realignment
This process is accompanied by a vertical realignment of the vortex cores inside each layer.
The proposals include the realignment of the cemetery with the geometry of the church, and the creation of a new public space outside the convent.
Finally, the results suggest that reports of the death of realignment theory or offsprings such as issue evolution theory are greatly exaggerated.
He argues for a substantial realignment of our understandings of the rules of evidence-so conceived-and their relationship to these important evidence goals.
Relying on realignment theory, some scholars imply that presidents seek to shape judicial interpretation primarily for reasons of partisanship.
The analyses of $93 and 4 may serve to explain the rapid realignment of windrows following a sudden change in wind direction.
Not only is there no evidence of realignment along polarity lines, but there is no evidence that polarity plays any role.
All developing systems and subsystems are involved in continual alignment and realignment across ontogeny.
We believe that this simple relabeling entails a significant realignment of sociolinguistic studies of dialect.
The validity of our conclusions may seem to depend on our particular formulation of realignment dynamics.
The realignment genre is an ideological vehicle for this understanding of history.
The realignment from refugee to evacuee thus recast the role of the state.
Secondly, there has been a racial realignment outside the region.
These realignment periods can be seen as the opposite of all other periods, which are stable until realignment.
In short, then, the data are consistent with the hypothesis that race precipitated a critical realignment.
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