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How to Watch Any Program in (Almost) Real-Time, Commercial-Free

2020 Words of the Year Synch´-ron-ate” (verb):  taping a TV or cable show, then watching it ” without commercials ” so as to finish at the same time as the live telecast.” ” Proposed addition to English language; Ross Kaplan. The competition for word(s) of the year is especially stiff this year. After all, thanks to...
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“Synchronate,” Take 2

How to Time-Shift (Just a Little) “Synch-ron-ate” (verb):  taping a TV or cable show, then watching it ” without commercials ” so as to finish at the same time as the live telecast. — Proposed addition to English language; Ross Kaplan. Almost four years ago, I proposed a new word, “synchronate,” to describe the practice of...
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