arrangement

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as in layout
the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized an artistic arrangement of the vases on the shelf

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as in design
the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged the close arrangement of the figures in the family portrait is meant to be symbolic of their close emotional attachment

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Recent Examples of arrangement Even the people who make this content are starting to feel slightly weird about the whole arrangement. Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 Her fiancé adds that the arrangement will be temporary. Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025 John Clancy provides orchestrations, with music supervision and arrangements by Andrew Resnick and wigs and hair design by Tommy Kurzman. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025 This is a common arrangement in many front-engine race cars, designed to shift as much weight as possible to the rear of the car. Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for arrangement
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Noun
  • The municipal panel that oversees the Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority endorsed the five-year rate plan in June.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Next summer, the plan is for a barge to bring over the drilling rig to start the first well.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The company’s responsibilities will include developing site layout plans, reviewing cooling system methods, and preparing budget and process calculations.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Exterior deck areas are plentiful, from the upper aft deck for alfresco dining, to the lower-deck beach club which has a gym instead of the sauna and shower on the typical layout.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Prison guards have struggled to stay safe in the facility due to its outdated design.
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The front wheel drive (FWD) layout is a key design feature, contributing to the vehicle’s overall efficiency, size and usability.
    Tony Leopardo, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That started with the volleyball spike of a 7-foot-1 player’s hook shot and continued to the tallest player in the league calmly breaking into a left-handed push dribble, coming under control and then hitting a complex six-dribble sequence and stepback 3-pointer plus the foul.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a spiritual dimension to that song and that sequence in the movie.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The approach mirrors Xbox’s Play Anywhere strategy and recent messaging that strict exclusivity is outdated.
    Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
  • While the Hong Kong listing should enhance the company’s liquidity and visibility, Zephirin added that a valuation re-rating is unlikely without meaningful gains in capital efficiency or strategy execution.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The 4-2-3-1 formation has been one of the most prominent systems used across Europe since the turn of the century, adopted by some of the best tacticians in modern football.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Badlands, North Dakota North Dakota’s Badlands is known for its rugged landscape, including sweeping hills, prairie grasses, canyons and rock formations, as well as native wildlife.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • With their low-cost production, eco-friendly composition, and natural color appearance under sunlight, ST-OPVs could play a key role in creating energy-generating architecture.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
  • As for the scent itself, the composition opens with notes of Brazilian passion fruit, Romagna peach, Trentino’s red raspberry and Bulgarian rose.
    Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • From border work to senator funerals to food distributions, see them at work.
    Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Under the pact, Legion M will work with Bleecker to co-finance the film’s distribution and marketing over the entire lifetime of the project.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Arrangement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrangement. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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