as in to plan
to work out the details of (something) in advance
the advance team completely choreographed the candidate's campaign appearances
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Recent Examples of choreograph
For three days, it is packed with career-defining sets for some of the most important, influential and up-and-coming artists in the world, exquisitely choreographed, stage-managed and filmed, and broadcast all over the globe.
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Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
What Mars, 40, has crafted – a polished, choreographed production that spotlights the showmanship in his DNA – is the ultimate feel-good show.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
Goebel recently choreographed Lady Gaga’s jaw-dropping headlining set at the festival in 2025 and her impressive resume includes Jennifer Lopez’s Super Bowl halftime show as well as Rihanna’s.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, the only star whose show wasn’t choreographed waited.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
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Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
What Mars, 40, has crafted – a polished, choreographed production that spotlights the showmanship in his DNA – is the ultimate feel-good show.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
Goebel recently choreographed Lady Gaga’s jaw-dropping headlining set at the festival in 2025 and her impressive resume includes Jennifer Lopez’s Super Bowl halftime show as well as Rihanna’s.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, the only star whose show wasn’t choreographed waited.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for choreograph
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The people who plan years in advance, who spend great fortunes, and for what?—
David Sedaris,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Ladeana says her family plans to organize another big search for Josh at the end of May, around his 39th birthday.—
Meghan O'Brien,
NBC news,
13 Apr. 2026
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Despite intelligence that Saigon would be overrun by the North Vietnamese Army in a matter of days, the American Ambassador, Graham Martin, refused to prepare for an evacuation.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The only lockers with equipment left in them belonged to Alexandre Carrier and Noah Dobson, the team’s only two right-shot defencemen, two players who were clearly not boarding that flight the team’s equipment staff was preparing for.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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Below is a recap of the C-suite developments at America’s highest-revenue-generating companies announced between April 4–10, 2026, organized by sector.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2026
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Join MyRecipes—your personal home for recipes—to easily save and organize your favorites, plus thousands more, in one convenient place.—
Abby Fribush,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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But these three high school students aren't arranging bouquets in a floral shop.—
Bo Evans,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Some of these are arranged into more staid compositions of geometric bands of color, while others bend and bulge into shapes evoking the baroque ruination of junk-yard findings.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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View gallery - 6 images After Polish architecture firm KWK Promes won a competition in 2016 to design a luxury single-family home in suburban Vilnius, Lithuania, a law slashed the allowable building footprint in half.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Apr. 2026
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But Kardashian and Barker’s wedding is better known for its apparent Dolce & Gabbana brand integration—the fashion house designed the bride’s wedding looks and the seaside villa where the couple exchanged their vows was owned by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
13 Apr. 2026
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Those who submit a claim will receive a proportional payment distribution calculated by taking the remaining funds for distribution divided by the number of people who submit valid settlement claim forms.—
Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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However, the state calculates vaccination rates as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled, so the enrollment decline is factored in.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
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Yes, a new model was devised that showed how a modern economy could sustain a large middle-class society that shared in its general prosperity and great progress.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
14 Apr. 2026
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Deep listening is a practice devised by composer Pauline Oliveros.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Choreograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choreograph. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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