choreographed

verb

past tense of choreograph
as in planned
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 choreographed The piece was choreographed by the Broadway actor/choreographer Douglas Norwick, who died in 1984. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026 Although the performance is carefully choreographed for entertainment, the realistic movements and convincing reactions have fuelled widespread discussion online about just how lifelike today’s humanoid robots have become. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026 Along with performances from artists spanning country, pop and R&B, viewers can experience a massive fireworks and drone show choreographed to a live score by the Grammy Award-winning Nashville Symphony. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 4 July 2026 Fit to start the season, LAFC played tremendous soccer as Eustáquio calmly choreographed the team. — Josh Gross, Daily News, 4 July 2026 The award-winning revival of William Finn's hilarious comedy, directed and choreographed by Danny Mefford (Kimberly Akimbo, Dear Evan Hansen), is playing Off-Broadway at New York's New World Stages. — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026 Musical sequences are choreographed by The Joffrey Ballet’s Xavier Nuñez and feature performances from The Joffrey Ballet Chicago dancers. — Joe Otterson, Variety, 25 June 2026 The musical will be directed by Jenny Koons, and co-directed and choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler, who choreographed Hamilton. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2026 It will be directed by Jenny Koons, making her Broadway debut, and co-directed and choreographed by Tony winner Andy Blankenbuehler, who choreographed Miranda’s Hamilton and In the Heights. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for choreographed
  1. planned
  2. designed
  3. organized
  4. prepared
  5. arranged
  6. plotted
  7. calculated
Verb
  • In another discrepancy, Crump said that a witness reported Wells had planned to leave on the boat with his friends, contradicting the sheriff's theory.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
  • On Friday, during a press conference discussing the latest on Wells’ suspicious death, attorney Ben Crump announced that Tyler Perry had agreed to pay the family’s funeral costs, while Colin Kaepernick planned to pay for an independent autopsy.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 11 July 2026
Definition of planned
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  • Louis Vuitton just unveiled its 2026 FIFA World Cup Trophy Trunk on Tuesday, marking the fifth time the luxury house has designed such a case for the international tournament.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 14 July 2026
  • Meow Wolf, various locations Each Meow Wolf is its own interactive world designed by dozens of artists.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 14 July 2026
Definition of designed
Verb
  • Curator Nadine Hounkpatin, who organized the wider exhibition at Arles in which Phan’s images appear, has said that the body of work illustrates the kind of deeper truth-telling photography can do.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • Former Baltimore Ravens cornerback Kyle Arrington, who is now a community activist in Maryland, spent nearly two decades with every hour of his day organized around football.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Definition of organized
Verb
  • Residents in these areas are encouraged to be prepared in case an evacuation is issued.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • Before opening her store, Altshuler had prepared three hundred and sixty jars of pickles to sell, and eventually started giving them away to people who donated books.
    — Emma Allen, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Definition of prepared
Verb
  • The original design featured 13 stripes representing the colonies and 13 stars arranged in a circle to symbolize equality among them.
    — Pete Cuddihy, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • The floorplan is arranged with a clear separation between the living areas and private sleeping quarters of the home.
    — Bridget Borgobello July 03, New Atlas, 4 July 2026
Definition of arranged
Verb
  • Not a particularly easy watch, to say the least, the complexly plotted film leans into the madness, and intense brutality experienced by the characters.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2026
  • So Japanese engineers and scientists plotted out an operations plan that would extend over the next decade and visit two more asteroids.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
Definition of plotted
Verb
  • Another newspaper calculated the sum to be roughly 3,000 pounds, or something near a half-million dollars today.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • Last fall, the Labor Department issued a rule that would take housing costs out of workers' paychecks and change the way wages are calculated — effectively lowering guest workers' pay and making the program cheaper for farmers.
    — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 10 July 2026
Definition of calculated

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