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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
  • 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
  • This situates it alongside the North Atlantic ocean that's populated with a variety of different kinds of whales.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of situates
Verb
  • The evolution of strategies can lead to stable populations, bistable populations (where the population flips between two stable strategies), or limit cycles, where the population shifts continuously among multiple strategies.
    — Chris Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Try meeting their needs first and see if their behavior shifts.
    — Juli Fraga, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of shifts
Verb
  • Officials urge residents to use caution Nor’easters are not unusual as New England moves into fall, but this one is coming early in the season.
    — Matthew Mulligan, NBC news, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Officials urge caution Nor’easters are not unusual as New England moves into fall, but this one is coming early in the season.
    — Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of moves
Verb
  • Lula very pointedly locates the threat differently, emphasizing the ability to resist a foreign power’s undue exertions of leverage.
    — Andre Pagliarini, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In Shot Mode, the gimbal automatically locates and focuses on the ball, with a solid green LED and confirmation sound indicating when the system is ready to record.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of locates
Verb
  • Based on Douglass Wallop’s novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, Damn Yankees puts a big league spin on the classic Faustian bargain, following a diehard baseball fan who makes a deal with the Devil to help his beloved team return to glory.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026
  • That puts engine exhaust close to the booster while the vehicles separate.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of puts
Verb
  • In this context, the Orano-CEA pilot line establishes a capability to produce high-performance magnets in France, with the partners aiming to support the future development of industrial production capacity in Europe.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The partnership also establishes an audio media category for USA Lacrosse and includes exclusive content surrounding the sport’s events and properties.
    — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of establishes
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“Rearranges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rearranges. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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