ORCHESTRATING Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

orchestrating

verb

present participle of orchestrate

as in designing

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 orchestrating Davis, 63, is facing up to life in prison after orchestrating Shakur’s murder amid an ongoing gang rivalry. — Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026 He is accused of orchestrating the plot to fly hijacked passenger jetliners into the World Trade Center in New York City and into the Pentagon. — Steve Gorman, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Alvarez Ayala has also been accused of financing and orchestrating the November 2025 assassination of Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo, an outspoken critic of organized crime who was shot during Day of the Dead celebrations. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2026 Tiffany Hayes was everywhere, orchestrating the chaos at the point and then casually locking down the paint, too. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 Prosecutors accuse Davis of orchestrating the murder and are using his past statements to build their case. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026 Payton is ready to begin orchestrating the Monday morning quarterbacking on The Score. — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026 In a statement, the court also said Hui also abused his position in orchestrating financial fraud and misappropriating company assets. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 Opening statements began Monday in the trial of a man accused of orchestrating the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, the start of weeks of testimony revisiting what happened on a Las Vegas night nearly 30 years ago. — CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Broadcom has been one of the major winners of the AI boom, designing custom chips for companies including Google, Meta and OpenAI.

— Jordan Novet, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
For this reason, Triola’s belief that a machine’s aggregation acumen presents chefs with an innovative tool for designing recipes strikes me as misguided.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of designing

Verb

Having a healthy lawn means managing soil conditions for the roots, mowing properly, and strengthening the density of the grass by overseeding.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 4 Sep. 2026
Asked about their firm’s primary hurdle in managing the current trade landscape, the vast majority (57 percent) said policy uncertainty, like tariffs changing with little notice, as their foremost challenge.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of managing

Verb

Scenario planning moves from an annual event to a quarterly discipline.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
The festival will also open one day earlier than in previous years, on Tuesday, October 6, giving audiences greater flexibility in planning their visits and screenings.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of planning

Verb

Khosrowshahi said Uber spends too much time coordinating between teams and not enough time developing its business.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
The coordinating French Rib pants are also majorly marked down right now for a head-to-toe Spanx travel look that’s under $105.

— Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of coordinating

Verb

Party discord has also been a problem as leaders like Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, R-San Diego, have developed their own fundraising and organizing infrastructure to harness political support independent of the state party.

— Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
The intimate gathering — a salon of sorts — harkened back to Steinem’s history of organizing women like this.

— Adam Carlson, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of organizing

Verb

Democrats aren’t crafting the kind of bold-faced messaging that excites take-writers this year.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2026
YouTube designers had been crafting a more compelling user experience for TV viewers since 2014, studying the way cable box interfaces and streamers looked—and how a YouTube version ought to feel.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of crafting

Verb

Messages reviewed by the researchers showed agents plotting ways to evade detection, use tools such as Tor and preserve communications even after they had been shut down.

— Reuters, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Now, in early 1943, the 33-year-old Flynn — the country’s biggest movie star — was plotting his flight from the American justice system.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of plotting

Verb

There was nothing fluky about the victory Western Michigan was preparing to celebrate.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
But behind the crisp white tablecloths, strict dress code and expensive steak dinners was a kitchen full of immigrant workers washing dishes, preparing food and keeping the restaurant running.

— Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of preparing

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