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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
During the birthday celebrations for the Grand Queen Dowager Inju (Seo Yi-sook), Lee Heon’s paternal grandmother, Jesan orchestrates the arrival of evidence regarding the truth behind Heon’s mother’s death.
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Kayti Burt, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
Gardner orchestrates the scene; placing the girl in the center, then asking her, or perhaps even demonstrating, how to wrap the blanket around her body so her hands are concealed.
—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Normal mtROS signaling orchestrates many essential cellular and tissue functions, from immune responses to brain function.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Hidden down some stairs in a commercial plaza, Down Dog Sedona orchestrates profoundly relaxing sound baths, among other wellness offerings.
—New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
The Paris chapter is laced with this type of expressive physicality, something Jarmusch orchestrates with consummate skill.
—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
Kayti Burt, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
Gardner orchestrates the scene; placing the girl in the center, then asking her, or perhaps even demonstrating, how to wrap the blanket around her body so her hands are concealed.
—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Normal mtROS signaling orchestrates many essential cellular and tissue functions, from immune responses to brain function.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Hidden down some stairs in a commercial plaza, Down Dog Sedona orchestrates profoundly relaxing sound baths, among other wellness offerings.
—New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
The Paris chapter is laced with this type of expressive physicality, something Jarmusch orchestrates with consummate skill.
—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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That is precisely what this Million Dollar Lasagna manages to be.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025
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Mun-ju manages to get through to Kim, relaying to him that the payment on the submarine has been frozen.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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In an interview with Ars Technica, Fiaschetti said the company plans to keep Arcs in orbit for extended periods, ready to descend when called upon.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Oct. 2025
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Prosecutors requested a 30-year sentence, and the Justice Department plans to appeal Boardman's decision.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Danielle Dutton, who designs all the books for Dorothy, a publishing project, carried forward our intention.—
Lana Lin
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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Speed is a major factor in turning crashes deadly, but Bryson noted that the road commission designs roundabouts so traffic moves at 15-25 mph within the circle.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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La Galerie du 19M Tokyo, which opens to the public on Tuesday, underlines the importance of skilled labor in the face of AI, generational transition and debate about the value of luxury goods, as the house prepares for the first show by its new artistic director Matthieu Blazy.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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The acquisition announcement comes as MSNBC prepares to split from NBC as part of parent company Comcast’s move to spin off its cable properties into a separate company, to be called Versant.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Shut down from the world today as the Scorpio moon coordinates with solitary Saturn.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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Like every school in Ukraine, this one now also has a police officer based in the building who coordinates the evacuations.—
Daria Tarasova-Markina,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Big Tech now engineers a perpetual state of insecurity by creating relentless technological churn, rendering our skills and safety measures obsolete, only to then sell us the tools to catch up.—
Vivian Toh,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The study, conducted over several years, uses an approach that engineers artificial proteins (referred to as ion channels) in the brain that are activated by and bound to cocaine.—
Noah Lyons,
Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Mixsoon also formulates with tiger grass to really heal the skin from the inside out.—
Gina Vaynshteyn,
StyleCaster,
22 Sep. 2025
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But Kennedy fired the entire Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the independent group that formulates those recommendations, and replaced the members with his own advisers.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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However, the game rights change is contingent on the larger ESPN-NFL deal passing Department of Justice review, which seems increasingly unlikely to come before the NFL plots its 2026 calendar.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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LaBeouf plays a character named Clodio Pulcher, who plots against Cesar.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Orchestrates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orchestrates. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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