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to work out the details and guide the doing or making of (something)
She orchestrated a brilliant publicity campaign.
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Recent Examples of orchestrates
Caitlin Clark orchestrates offense Clark struggled to find her shooting touch Tuesday, missing 10 of 15 field goal attempts and seven of eight 3-pointers.
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James Boyd,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
Now, after years of experimenting with common bean plants in the lab and in the agricultural fields of Oaxaca, Mexico, Steinbrenner’s team pinpointed a single immune receptor that orchestrates its anti-caterpillar defense system.
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Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
But really, every performance, both the bigguns and the littluns, works in service of the whole, and Munden orchestrates their interactions in a way that suggests structured chaos.
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Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
4 May 2026
This is especially true after her conversation with Nia, which Lala orchestrates.
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
9 Apr. 2026
Not a single monolithic agent, but an intelligence layer that orchestrates specialized agents across systems, improves them through continuous self-evaluation, and generates new ones by observing how work is actually done, through SOPs, workflow recordings and internal activity patterns.
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Zixuan Zhang,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2026
This secret network orchestrates gang conflicts to eliminate rivals and profits from the resulting arms sales.
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Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
26 Mar. 2026
Senior midfielder Avianna Hernandez, who had 11 goals and 22 assists, orchestrates offense bolstered by junior midfielder Lucy Tomasi and sophomore midfielder Lindy Vidic.
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Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
The hotel also has a kid’s club that orchestrates fun activities for little ones like arts and crafts, ice skating, games, sledding, movie nights, nature walks, and more.
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Sarah Kuta,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
James Boyd,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
Now, after years of experimenting with common bean plants in the lab and in the agricultural fields of Oaxaca, Mexico, Steinbrenner’s team pinpointed a single immune receptor that orchestrates its anti-caterpillar defense system.
—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
But really, every performance, both the bigguns and the littluns, works in service of the whole, and Munden orchestrates their interactions in a way that suggests structured chaos.
—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
4 May 2026
This is especially true after her conversation with Nia, which Lala orchestrates.
—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
9 Apr. 2026
Not a single monolithic agent, but an intelligence layer that orchestrates specialized agents across systems, improves them through continuous self-evaluation, and generates new ones by observing how work is actually done, through SOPs, workflow recordings and internal activity patterns.
—
Zixuan Zhang,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2026
This secret network orchestrates gang conflicts to eliminate rivals and profits from the resulting arms sales.
—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
26 Mar. 2026
Senior midfielder Avianna Hernandez, who had 11 goals and 22 assists, orchestrates offense bolstered by junior midfielder Lucy Tomasi and sophomore midfielder Lindy Vidic.
—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
The hotel also has a kid’s club that orchestrates fun activities for little ones like arts and crafts, ice skating, games, sledding, movie nights, nature walks, and more.
—
Sarah Kuta,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orchestrates
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In urban areas, municipal departments run things, while the Texas Department of Public Safety frequently manages highway collisions.
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The nonprofit public-private partnership manages the municipal district with services that include infrastructure planning, community engagement and more.
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Zada plans to shoot the movie first on a soundstage with real actors and will decide later which parts work better traditionally and what should be done synthetically.
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In addition, the group plans to bury a time capsule on July 4 in Philadelphia to be opened on America's 500th birthday in 2276.
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Google co-designs the chips with fellow Club name Broadcom .
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One40 Rooftop designs cocktails and food together to tell a story, while Salumeria Rosi offers traditional dessert pairings for an old-school Italian rhythm.
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As the country prepares to mark its semiquincentennial, or 250th birthday, the splashiest celebrations in Washington are being shaped by corporate money.
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Guilherme Passos monitors and prepares Brazil’s national team for extreme heat as a sport scientist at the Brazilian Football Federation.
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What would Sleepless in Seattle (1993) be without Jonah, the scamp who coordinates a meet-cute between his dad, Sam (Tom Hanks), and Annie (Meg Ryan)?
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Your creativity is eager and focused as the Sagittarius moon coordinates with Saturn.
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Our enterprising Gravedigger, a true woman of science, engineers a lizard elixir and regenerates the finger into a long tentacle that eventually demands a body.
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Setup is seamless thanks to AI Sonic Auto Room Calibration, which engineers the audio to your specific space.
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Best chrome wheel cleaner Best cleaners While many detailing brands use a one-cleaner-fits-all approach to wheels, Meguiar’s specifically formulates theirs for chrome.
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Royal Canin offers food for adults from small to large dogs and also formulates product lines for specific breeds.
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While Burnham plots his next move, the UK government now enters a new period of uncertainty, potentially facing a sixth prime minister in seven years.
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An engineer plots a well’s falling output, fits a curve, and projects it forward.
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