As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
SYNTONIZES
Verb
syntonizes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of syntonize
Source: Wiktionary
SYNTONIZE
Syn"to*nize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. -nized; p. pr. & vb. n. -nizing.] [See Syntony.] (Physics)
Definition: To adjust or devise so as to emit or respond to electric oscillations of a certain wave length; to tune; specif., to put (two or more instruments or systems of wireless telegraphy) in syntony with each other. -- Syn`to*ni*za"tion (#), n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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