Synchronic analysis studies linguistic phenomena at one moment, usually the present.

In
modern languages, syncope occurs in inflection, poetry, and informal speech.

In inflections
In languages such as Irish, the process of inflection can precipitate syncope.
For example :

In some verbs
Imir (To play) should become *"imirm" (I play). However the addition of the "-m"
causes syncope and the second last syllable vowel "i" is lost. So, Imir becomes Imrm.

In some nouns
Inis (Island) should become *inise in the genitive case. However, if one looks at road
signs one finds not *"Baile na hInise", but "Baile na hInse" (The town of the Island).
Once again the loss is of the second syllable "i".

It is interesting that if the present root form in Irish is the result of diachronic syncope then
there is a resistance to synchronic syncope for inflection.

As a poetic device
Sounds may be removed from the interior of a word as a rhetorical or poetic device, whether
for embellishment or for the sake of the meter.

Latin commo[ve]rat > poetic commorat ("he had moved")

English hast[e]ning > poetic hast'ning

English heav[e]n > poetic heav'n

English over > poetic o'er

English never > poetic ne'er

In informal speech