: a folding chair often having an adjustable leg rest
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The state’s enduring educational problems will not be fixed by rearranging the bureaucratic deck chairs and centralizing authority or even by boosting funding, but by decentralizing decision-making and placing more of it in the hands of parents.—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026 These superficial gestures amount to rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.—Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026 The best spot on the estate is the meadowland in summer, when pink roses tumble over the gazebo and striped deck chairs line the croquet lawn.—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Dec. 2025 As those viewers age, there is no sign they will be replaced by younger ones, meaning that CBS bringing in the 41-year-old Weiss as editor-in-chief may amount to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deck chair