rearranging

present participle of rearrange

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Verb
  • While young players like Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and others are fighting for better pay for their industry-shifting work, college football programs are shelling out $40 million to $50 million payouts to get their underperforming coaches to stop showing up to the office.
    J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
  • This season, many of China’s rising stars did exactly that — flying from Paris back to Shanghai overnight, shifting seamlessly from runway storytelling to retail strategy.
    Li Jun, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • As Semafor previously reported, many inside the magazine were excited by Guiducci’s arrival, believing the old Vanity Fair was moving too slowly, had fallen too far outside the zeitgeist, and had lost some of its sheen.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Tulane University said moving research animals is routine but governed by strict confidentiality agreements to protect the animals’ safety and the parties’ proprietary information.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • In addition to locating victims’ remains, the on-site work involved removing and disposing of explosives that didn’t detonate in the blast.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Health experts previously told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that disposing of those items is recommended to reduce the risk of mold exposure.
    Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Entertainment Weekly has compiled a calendar highlighting key 2025-2026 awards season dates, from the Oscars to the Golden Globes to the awards-positioning Sundance Film Festival, whose lineup typically signals which potential Academy Awards players might bubble up down the line.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
  • His campaign has gained significant momentum through endorsements from New York Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and independent Senator Bernie Sanders, positioning him as the main representative of the city’s progressive movement.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Turn on music or a podcast and fill a few spare minutes wiping down surfaces, dusting, or putting things away.
    Kelsey Mulvey, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
  • With the symptoms of climate crisis increasingly felt by people and businesses, including those within the art world, the Fondation Beyeler is making a statement by putting ecological stewardship on par with artistic curation.
    Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To keep your color icy and cool, Nicole suggests using DP Hue’s color-depositing conditioner.
    Mary Honkus, Glamour, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The Auburn team solved this problem by depositing their materials directly onto solid surfaces, which improved both stability and scalability.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Explain how to avoid twist by orienting the line spool correctly when filling a casting reel versus a spinning reel.
    The Editors, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Wreck is the follow up to Sandwich, a recent bestseller orienting around a middle-aged woman named Rocky, a funny, anxious, spirited, and relatable protagonist on vacation with her parents, her husband, and their young adult children.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • The coup de grâce on all this is that Blake then leaves early, sticking the ladies with the check.
    Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Grace Tucker sticking their necks out for more taxpayer dollars.
    Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Rearranging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rearranging. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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