as in manages
to work out the details and guide the doing or making of (something)
She orchestrated a brilliant publicity campaign.
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Recent Examples of orchestrates
The Paris chapter is laced with this type of expressive physicality, something Jarmusch orchestrates with consummate skill.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
The Service Line Coordinator The service line coordinator orchestrates the neurosurgery team both in and out of the operating room.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
At one point, MacLachlan orchestrates a heart-stopping moment of reckoning for Bill and Tammy, written with a sudden, cathartic directness—a break in their usual language of deferential hesitations—which the actors underplay to perfection.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Akin to a musical conductor, Airflow orchestrates the symphony of tasks and manages the scheduling, execution, and monitoring of workflows.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2025
David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
The Service Line Coordinator The service line coordinator orchestrates the neurosurgery team both in and out of the operating room.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
At one point, MacLachlan orchestrates a heart-stopping moment of reckoning for Bill and Tammy, written with a sudden, cathartic directness—a break in their usual language of deferential hesitations—which the actors underplay to perfection.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Akin to a musical conductor, Airflow orchestrates the symphony of tasks and manages the scheduling, execution, and monitoring of workflows.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orchestrates
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What struck me the most was how effortlessly the hotel manages to be both elevated and comfortable.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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Its adtech business, which manages advertising on third-party websites, is not publicly broken out.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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Following the Toronto premiere, the team plans an extensive international festival run and theatrical releases across multiple countries.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Schroeck said some current faculty will teach the courses online and the school plans to hire six new professors over the next three years to supplement the staff.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The company designs, installs and maintains rooftop solar panel systems.—
Forbes Asia Team,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Known for crafting immersive and emotionally tuned performance environments, the studio designs spaces that respond to sound and transform expectations.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
24 Aug. 2025
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That expansion would come as the Broward school district prepares to contract because of shrinking enrollment.—
Jimena Tavel,
Miami Herald,
29 Aug. 2025
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As the band prepares for an exciting anniversary release that’s coming up soon, Led Zeppelin scores a quick top 10 bestseller in America.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The group is a loose organization that coordinates dialogue between the four nations for security purposes, including join military exercises.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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Adams emphasized that the New York Police Department already coordinates with federal agencies daily.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Aug. 2025
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The Colts are stuck in QB purgatory unless Anthony Richardson engineers a massive turnaround.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
29 Aug. 2025
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Holger Reisinger, Senior Vice President at Jabra—a global brand that engineers technology that makes life look and sound better.—
Holger Reisinger,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Loktev’s film chronicles the Russian government’s systematic crackdown on journalists in late 2021 and early 2022 as Vladimir Putin plots his invasion of Ukraine.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
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Harper is a surfer who plays by her own rules and even plots to break up her mother from her current fiancé.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The Curio includes pieces by Andrea Larsen (a ceramist working out of Maryville, whose art takes inspiration from the patterns and designs of quilts) as well as works by Garrett Durland, (a potter in Oak Ridge who crafts ceramic vessels and objects with a 3D printer).—
Caroline Rogers,
Southern Living,
31 Aug. 2025
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Spencer crafts a delightful enemies-to-lovers romp with enough naughty tennis and pickleball puns to fill a ball machine.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Orchestrates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orchestrates. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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