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 musical features a book by Danny Strong and an original score by Zoe Sarnak and Michael Weiner, and will be directed by Michael Mayer and choreographed by David Neumann. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026 Directed by Joe Mantello and choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler, the production starred Janney as Violet Newstead, Block as Judy Bernly and Hilty as Doralee Rhodes, the role Parton originated onscreen. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026 This version is choreographed by Connecticut Ballet founder and artistic director Brett Raphael. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2026 Dean shared during the evening, when the show’s perfectly coiffed presentation felt less choreographed. — Sidney Madden, VIBE.com, 17 Aug. 2026 The group is also noted for its dynamic and synchronized choreographed performances. — Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026 The film draws on archival materials, interviews with residents, and choreographed performances to explore how traces of that industrial past continue to shape the neighborhood today. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 13 Aug. 2026 Luis Alberti, Hernández and Luis Curiel lead a cast that was trained by martial arts expert Fidel Cerda, who also choreographed and supervised the fight sequences. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026 As early as the 1920s, Coco Chanel patronized Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes company, famously designing the costumes for Le Train Bleu, choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska and premiered in 1924. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for choreographed
  1. planned
  2. designed
  3. organized
  4. prepared
  5. arranged
  6. plotted
  7. calculated
Verb
  • The Cinderella dress that Kaitlyn Argyriou’s mother had sewn for her as a child and which Argyriou’s daughter, Avery, 4, had planned to wear trick-or-treating in Colorado Springs on Halloween.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The production planned to grab exterior footage outside Broadway’s Music Box Theatre — the film’s principal location — before a New York City blizzard intervened.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of planned
Verb
  • In a move away from the traditional group stages, the league phase is designed to be fair through a seeding system.
    — Leon Imber, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The approach is designed to increase the speed and scale of module production and installation while maintaining quality.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of designed
Verb
  • Many of them traveled to Orlando for a workout-and-hang Hurts organized over the summer.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Kids of mixed ages organized their own games and made up their own rules, while adults stayed mostly on the sidelines or stayed away entirely.
    — Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of organized
Verb
  • As deputies prepared to have the vehicle towed, one found a small black pouch containing passports and a Social Security card.
    — Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Part of our responsibility as leaders of the club is to be prepared.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of prepared
Verb
  • Dogan deliberately arranged for Salah’s medical to take place in the metropolis of Istanbul, over 500 miles (nearly 900km) from Trabzon, so the Egyptian could see how frenzied the welcome would be.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • On Sunday, the Lime Rock Concours and Gathering of the Marques display nearly 1,000 enthusiast cars and motorcycles arranged around the Lime Rock circuit.
    — Mark Maglio, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of arranged
Verb
  • During the Hugging Face breach, OpenAI agents autonomously plotted a digital heist that went undetected for more than a week, intensifying concerns OpenAI is sacrificing safety to push the AI frontier.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Emily’s misguided research ultimately proves that love stories can’t be plotted and graphed like science experiments; more modern studio romantic comedies could stand to learn the same lesson.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of plotted
Verb
  • One more month of inflation data – September – must be known before a precise figure for the 2027 cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits can be calculated and released.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The idea came from James Fishback, who calculated taxpaying households could receive $5,000 based on Musk’s stated goal of saving $2 trillion.
    — Isaac Arnsdorf, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of calculated

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