synchronizer
n.— «From crating up the bombs and bullets, to shrink-wrapping the helicopters, to counting up the endless tiers of port-a-potties, the pullout of U.S. combat forces from Iraq, when it inevitably comes, will rank as the longest-planned withdrawal ever.…Air Force Col. Jeffrey Mintzlaff, who will be deeply involved in this one as what he calls a “synchronizer” of troop flights home, said “a lot of variables” complicate the picture.» —“Iraq Pullout Would Face Many Unknowns” by Charles J. Hanley Forbes July 21, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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