1
as in arranging
to put into a particular arrangement
carefully organized the hotel's silverware by pattern
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2
as in planning
to work out the details of (something) in advance
started organizing the anniversary party months in advance
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Recent Examples of organizing
This powerful synergy enhances detection, tracking, classification, and identification while also enabling autonomous drone swarm operations, including self-organizing collaboration.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
The Church, which is considered a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, is best known for organizing pickets at soldiers’ funerals and emblazoning anti-LGBT slogans on protest signs and billboards.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
The growing group of clergy and immigration activists are organizing across the state to protest Alligator Alcatraz, the $608 million detention center funded by the federal government and run by the state of Florida housing more than 1,800 men.
—Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
The local union branch is working to make sure that the collective bargaining agreement is honored during the furlough and organizing workshops to help members navigate unemployment benefits and career resources.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
For many of the best garage storage ideas, the point is to get as many items off the ground as possible, says La Fond, the founder of the home-organizing company Of Space + Mind.
—Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
Both said organizing the scavenger hunt for the council’s Earth Day Fair last April was their favorite activity.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Collins had been organizing support for the shelters.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Gender is both a feature of individual people and a mode of organizing social life.
—Elizabeth Anne Wood, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
The Church, which is considered a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, is best known for organizing pickets at soldiers’ funerals and emblazoning anti-LGBT slogans on protest signs and billboards.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
The growing group of clergy and immigration activists are organizing across the state to protest Alligator Alcatraz, the $608 million detention center funded by the federal government and run by the state of Florida housing more than 1,800 men.
—Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
The local union branch is working to make sure that the collective bargaining agreement is honored during the furlough and organizing workshops to help members navigate unemployment benefits and career resources.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
For many of the best garage storage ideas, the point is to get as many items off the ground as possible, says La Fond, the founder of the home-organizing company Of Space + Mind.
—Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
Both said organizing the scavenger hunt for the council’s Earth Day Fair last April was their favorite activity.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Collins had been organizing support for the shelters.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Gender is both a feature of individual people and a mode of organizing social life.
—Elizabeth Anne Wood, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for organizing
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Victoria Goodwin was sentenced to prison in May for arranging the plot with a Florida inmate.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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Plans collided, and soon Murray was arranging team meals in LA for the team’s veterans, newcomers and rookies to intermingle.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
22 Oct. 2025
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Andrew Burnstine, an associate professor at Lynn University in Florida, told WalletHub the key to saving is planning meals, shopping with a list, comparing unit prices, choosing store brands and setting a firm grocery budget.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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The percentage of corporate directors who said their boards were planning to add gender diversity fell to 9% from 21% in 2024.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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Related Stories In a nutsell, the test arranged by the cutter’s union documented that AI tools are great for organizing, classifying and summarizing.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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Cal Fire updated Saratoga’s Fire Hazard Severity Zone map in June, classifying some southwestern portions of the city as moderate or high fire hazard zones.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
14 Oct. 2025
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Spirit Halloween employees start preparing to launch stores in the summer, said Marisa Simonson, a spokesperson for the company, in an email.—
Victoria Moorwood,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Oct. 2025
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Ivorians are preparing to vote in presidential elections on Saturday amid rising tensions over the exclusion of opposition candidates and a government crackdown on dissent that has led to the arrest of more than 200 protesters this month.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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More recently, high-profile firms including Amazon, Apple, Coinbase, Comcast, Google, Lockheed Martin and Meta Platforms have agreed to help finance the ballroom Trump plans for the White House after ordering the building’s East Wing to be demolished.—
Bill Barrow,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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The brand recommends ordering the heels a half a size larger than your regular shoe size, as the shoe runs half a size smaller.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
24 Oct. 2025
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Using fractional diffusion theory, the research deepens understanding of transient charging behaviors in complex materials, which is key to designing high-performance components used for advanced engineering electrochemical systems in general.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when there were not enough ventilators for the patients who needed them, a team at NASA JPL was charged with designing a ventilator that could be rapidly produced without taking parts away from the critical medical supply chain.—
Michele Raphael,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Organizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organizing. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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