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
Other busy work like checking emails and organizing files can be done when the children are awake.
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Madeline Mitchell, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Many probationary employees in the Science Mission Directorate, expecting not to come back the following week, spent Valentine’s Day and the weekend organizing their work and sending it to others, unprompted.
—David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
In response, a group of Catholics are organizing a counter protest at the same time.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
Energy Transfer, the operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline, accused Greenpeace USA and International of playing a central role in organizing the resistance to the pipeline at Standing Rock in 2016 and 2017.
—Simmone Shah, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
Hurst noted in his letter Thursday that the local organizing committee would be in charge of overseeing the planning, coordination and execution of the event, and any associated financial obligations.
—Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2025
Khalil has been accused of organizing an event that glorified Hamas' October 7 attack.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
This begins with collecting and organizing data from various customer interactions, including sales data, website visits, social media engagement, and customer feedback.
—Billee Howard, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Skilled at organizing or managing projects?
—Melissa Houston, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Madeline Mitchell, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Many probationary employees in the Science Mission Directorate, expecting not to come back the following week, spent Valentine’s Day and the weekend organizing their work and sending it to others, unprompted.
—David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
In response, a group of Catholics are organizing a counter protest at the same time.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
Energy Transfer, the operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline, accused Greenpeace USA and International of playing a central role in organizing the resistance to the pipeline at Standing Rock in 2016 and 2017.
—Simmone Shah, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
Hurst noted in his letter Thursday that the local organizing committee would be in charge of overseeing the planning, coordination and execution of the event, and any associated financial obligations.
—Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2025
Khalil has been accused of organizing an event that glorified Hamas' October 7 attack.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
This begins with collecting and organizing data from various customer interactions, including sales data, website visits, social media engagement, and customer feedback.
—Billee Howard, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Skilled at organizing or managing projects?
—Melissa Houston, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for organizing
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Before the repeal, Soto was arranging for free Spanish-language weddings in Little Havana and building up support for Dade County to retire its English-only policy.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
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In the book, Stewart shares advice on topics such as growing produce and arranging flowers.—
Claire Murashima,
NPR,
18 Mar. 2025
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For new investors in their early 20s or 30s who have never experienced a market correction or for someone planning on retiring soon, experiencing a market correction can be very unsettling.—
Earl Carr,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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The administration is planning a much broader reduction of its workforce.—
Stephen Fowler,
NPR,
1 Mar. 2025
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The National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint Wednesday against the popular Netflix dating show, classifying its stars as employees and accusing the program of several labor violations.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
13 Dec. 2024
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Those deaths aren't counted in our statistics, and that's primarily because of the difficulty in classifying those deaths in a disaster.—
Melody Schreiber,
NPR,
13 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The Special artist is also preparing to take on her first lead movie role as she was recently cast as gospel star Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who was one of the first to appeal to rock ‘n’ roll and R&B audiences, in Amazon MGM Studios’ Rosetta.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2025
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As the case was preparing to go to trial, in May 2004, the parties settled.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Organizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organizing. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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