The phrase "align things" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the organization or arrangement of items, ideas, or elements in a coherent or orderly manner.
Example: "To improve the presentation, we need to align things so that they flow logically from one point to the next."
Alternatives: "organize items" or "arrange elements".
But he was vague about why, both at the event and in a phone conversation a few weeks later, when he said: "I'm a big believer when the stars align things are meant to happen".
So it's less about a numbers game as it is trying to align things even more between ads and the will of the community, because we want to have the right business model.
Sometimes, when the stars align, things turn out just right: Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte got to hang out with his crush Carmen Electra earlier this week, and onlookers say the two got very, very close.
Of course, each man has aligned things in his favor.
When we are both aligned, things can work out, but as soon as the company has a change in strategy and we misalign, developers are often left by the wayside.
Once the stars align, remarkable things can happen.
While Google probably didn't consider it at the time, this set the stage for Microsoft and Apple to align on things like the Nortel patents.
I assured her that if she typed it into the register just as I'd given it to her, the magic of simple math would take over and planets would align and things would be just as I prophesied.
"It's almost like the stars are aligned and things are falling into place".
I noticed that various catchphrases had been laboriously written out in block letters on adhesive tape and stuck to the dashboard: "NOODLES!!!" and "BUSY BEE!!!" and "GSSLG!" "I love it, yuuusss, I love it!" Arturo Leon, my driving instructor, said with more enthusiasm than I expected, as I adjusted my mirrors, trying to recall how my father had always aligned these things.
McCarthy's prose strategy in "C" is not far from Serge's druggy reveries — he aligns disparate things into larger patterns full of recurring images: analogies between the human body and earth, and machinery; hums and whirs; film screens; bowels and tunnels; electric circuits; cauls and other silken membranes.
