REARRANGE Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

rearrange

verb

Definition of rearrange

as in to reorder

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Recent Examples of rearrange While sections pertaining to the house itself are both gripping and eerie (rooms flood, tiles rearrange, visions flicker), the real terror comes from human history. — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 The decision has forced some parents and grandparents to rearrange their schedules in the middle of the day. — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Batch processing handles multiple files or complete folders, while the page manager can merge, split, rotate, rearrange, insert, extract, and delete pages. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026 Future owners could rearrange the labyrinthine layout to make rooms for additional bedrooms, says listing agent James Harris of Carolwood Estates. — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rearrange

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Verb

With just four laps remaining, there was every prospect of the race finishing under caution as there wouldn’t be time to reorder the cars and then conduct a restart.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
Who has time to reorder so frequently?

— Lauren Silbert, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026

Definition of reorder

Verb

Taken together, the announcements show Meta moving beyond the idea of glasses as simply VR or camera devices.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026
There’s been a steady drumbeat of streaming price hikes as companies over the last few years — and months — as companies moved away from a focus on subscriber additions to profitability.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of move

Verb

Like law enforcement agents everywhere, they’re disposed to bickering about jurisdiction or pumping each other for off-limits information.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
According to the complaint, Gutierrez Marfil admitted to Cal Fire law enforcement of disposing hot ashes into a burn pile, which then caused fire.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of dispose

Verb

The pope, who has made sounding the alarm about the risks of AI a central part of his 16-month papacy, put the issue at the heart of his visit to France.

— Joshua McElwee, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
The event features 36 holes of stroke play Saturday and Sunday, and then takes the top 64 and puts them in a single elimination match-play bracket that begins on Monday and ends with a 36-hole championship match on Thursday.

— Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of put

Verb

Since then, his settings have become harder to locate in the contemporary world.

— Matthew McLean, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2026
These farms are located in the best Premier and Grand Cru villages in the Montagne de Reims, including Verzenay (which makes up about 45 percent of the cuvée), Verzy, Ludes, and Mailly.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of locate

Verb

Their telescoping design allows the sensors to be positioned above the submarine while keeping the main platform below the water.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
That may well be why Muse has taken the AI world by storm and why Meta may be best positioned of all to create an agentic AI that feels as natural to interact with as talking to a friend online.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of position

Verb

Guastavino’s, a seven-thousand-square-foot event venue situated under the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge, had been treating a small park out front as its private property—roping it off and shooing away pedestrians.

— Parker Henry, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
However, our neighborhood turned into the focus of news outlets, as nearly all of the houses situated on the ridge around 260 acres of grass and trees were destroyed, except for the six of us at the top.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2026

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