rearranges

verb

present tense third-person singular of rearrange
as in disposes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rearranges
  1. disposes
  2. orients
  3. situates
  4. shifts
  5. moves
  6. locates
  7. puts
  8. establishes
Verb
  • The assessor proposes; the Board disposes.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026
  • Disney, which didn’t respond to a request for comment, disposes of the data gained from its facial recognition technology within 30 days unless its necessary for legal or fraud prevention purposes, according to its privacy policy.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2026
Definition of disposes
Verb
  • With a body thrashed by occupational hazards, Hsu, who is forty-four, orients his life nowadays around running Sci-Fi Fantasy, his skate company, and roaming the city to take pictures.
    — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Boyd’s insight was that whoever observes and orients better gets inside their opponent’s decision cycle and dictates the fight.
    — Nnamdi Iregbulem, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Definition of orients
Verb
  • This makes your role clear and situates it in the context of goals everyone cares about.
    — Melody Wilding, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The murkiness of it all clarifies by the end of the film, not just in terms of its heroes, villains and message, but Greengrass also situates this story within a recognizable cinematic and storytelling history.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of situates
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  • Their goal was for the album to tell a story of radicalization, following a protagonist who shifts from complacency to an awareness of injustice and institutional oppression, and ultimately resolves to act against it.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
  • This then shifts the star’s color away from the more typical orange, white, and blue.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of shifts
Verb
  • The film has to meet the needs of romance, but isn’t that the problem, the expectation that life moves like genre?
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Amtrak and Canal Edge, LLC have an explicit financial interest in ensuring this project moves forward quickly.
    — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of moves
Verb
  • Serhiy, like Zabuzhko, locates his captor’s impulse to torture him in the very pages written by the Russian novelist.
    — Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The Greeks offer another kind of striving, one that locates pleasure in the pursuit itself rather than in the prize.
    — Stacy Keltner, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of locates
Verb
  • Leading the team in tackles with seven, Williams’ impact was felt in all four quarters, as his three tackles for loss puts him at 14 for the season, extending his lead across the entire NFL.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Nov. 2026
  • That puts Brick between a compressed 40-hour week and the 32-hour model some researchers advocate.
    — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of puts
Verb
  • Work establishes regular opportunities for social interaction, a sense of contribution and identity.
    — Richard Sima, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The Chargers’ offense could finally snap to life if Herbert finally regains his confidence and re-establishes his rhythm.
    — Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of establishes
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