orchestrating

verb

present participle of orchestrate
as in designing
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 orchestrating Alvarez Ayala has also been accused of financing and orchestrating the November 2025 assassination of Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo, an outspoken critic of organized crime who was shot during Day of the Dead celebrations. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2026 Prosecutors accuse Davis of orchestrating the murder and are using his past statements to build their case. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026 Payton is ready to begin orchestrating the Monday morning quarterbacking on The Score. — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026 In a statement, the court also said Hui also abused his position in orchestrating financial fraud and misappropriating company assets. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 The trial of the former gang leader accused of orchestrating the murder of rapper Shakur comes 30 years after one of America's most high-profile unresolved killings. — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 Duane Keith Davis is accused of orchestrating Shakur’s killing in September 1996, and the lore of other rappers and gangsters looms large over his trial. — Aditi Sangal, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026 Opening statements began Monday in the trial of a man accused of orchestrating the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, the start of weeks of testimony revisiting what happened on a Las Vegas night nearly 30 years ago. — CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 Gardner, 39, and her estranged husband, Mario Fernandez Saldana, 38, are accused of conspiring to kill Bridegan and orchestrating the murder with another accomplice, Henry Tenon. — Lianna Norman, Florida Times-Union, 17 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orchestrating
  1. designing
  2. managing
  3. planning
  4. coordinating
  5. organizing
  6. crafting
  7. plotting
  8. preparing
Verb
  • Others have discovered that designing an impressive concept and manufacturing a safe, reliable vehicle at scale are two very different challenges.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Adam Mosseri was called to the stand on Tuesday as part of a 2026 federal trial against Meta in which 29 state attorneys accuse the company of designing its wares to addict minors.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of designing
Verb
  • Investors are also betting on a future DeepSeek listing in the mainland, said Wayne Shiong, managing partner at Argo Venture Partners, as the startup risks an exodus of senior engineers without financial incentives to stay.
    — Anniek Bao,Elaine Yu, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • In addition to managing facilities, his other priorities include enacting policies or resources to ensure students are successful beyond graduation and focusing on student mental health and well-being.
    — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of managing
Verb
  • Instead of managing an entire meal, planning for just dessert and drinks frees you up to tidy the house or relax without standing over a stove for hours before guests arrive.
    — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2026
  • As the weather begins to cool and the corn stalks reach for the sky, farms begin planning for their annual corn maze adventures.
    — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of planning
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  • Additionally, the department has been coordinating with the Nepali government to assist with the rescue effort.
    — Isabel Danzis, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The new couple—who have been linked since they were photographed together at Coachella—dined around the city, showing off their coordinating couple style.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of coordinating
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  • What was new was someone finally organizing it into something a nurse could use in sixty seconds in the chaos of a delivery room.
    — Stacy L. Hambleton, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • This is strong energy for editing, organizing, asking clearly, or naming the next step.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of organizing
Verb
  • Paranormal Activity understands just how much fun that can be, crafting a story so suspenseful, so surprising and so startling that the audience’s screams become a soundtrack all their own.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
  • There was something so strong about the image of that smiling, always smiling, country queen who hid her rage and pain behind the sequins, crafting these deeply personal songs.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of crafting
Verb
  • Proper later allegedly admitted to plotting the UFC 250 attack and described it in full to the FBI, according to the criminal complaint.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • For now, Fearn seems less focused on plotting out a career and more interested in chasing whatever catches his attention next.
    — Wengel Gemu, Vanity Fair, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of plotting
Verb
  • Gemini's agents can assist with contract review and redlining, legal and policy research, regulatory monitoring, drafting NDAs, preparing documents for redaction, creating contracting playbooks and handling data-subject access requests.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Even as the justices were preparing to release their opinion, the postal service did in fact develop and release a new rule about mail-in voting.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of preparing

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“Orchestrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orchestrating. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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