choreographed

verb

past tense of choreograph
as in planned
to work out the details of (something) in advance the advance team completely choreographed the candidate's campaign appearances

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Recent Examples of choreographed Then a sky spectacular choreographed to a tee. — Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 23 June 2026 Imagine combat choreographed by ants, swarms of elbows and legs scrabbling to emerge victorious. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026 The musical will be directed by Jenny Koons, and co-directed and choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler, who choreographed Hamilton. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2026 As if the water breaks at this World Cup didn’t already make the game feel like an American sport broken down into quarters rather than halves, the attention given to carefully choreographed ‘plays’ from a standing-start only adds to it. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 13 June 2026 Along with performances from artists spanning country, pop and R&B, viewers can experience a massive fireworks and drone show choreographed to a live score by the Grammy Award-winning Nashville Symphony. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 4 July 2026 Musical sequences are choreographed by The Joffrey Ballet’s Xavier Nuñez and feature performances from The Joffrey Ballet Chicago dancers. — Joe Otterson, Variety, 25 June 2026 It will be directed by Jenny Koons, making her Broadway debut, and co-directed and choreographed by Tony winner Andy Blankenbuehler, who choreographed Miranda’s Hamilton and In the Heights. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 June 2026 The award-winning revival of William Finn's hilarious comedy, directed and choreographed by Danny Mefford (Kimberly Akimbo, Dear Evan Hansen), is playing Off-Broadway at New York's New World Stages. — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for choreographed
  1. planned
  2. designed
  3. organized
  4. prepared
  5. arranged
  6. plotted
  7. calculated
Verb
  • Nunez said investigators planned to interview an employee who was working at the business when the blaze began.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2026
  • Following the exercise, the Royal Navy capability team and the Air and Space Warfare Centre began analyzing the results, with additional testing potentially planned aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026
Definition of planned
Verb
  • Events designed to support female founders are routinely underfunded relative to the ambitions behind them.
    — Lisa Curtis, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Two marquee buildings, including the high-rise, were designed by Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye, best known as the lead designer of the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington.
    — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of designed
Verb
  • Since Calleja’s near-fatal fall, over $42,000 ($61,000 AUD) has been donated to a fundraiser organized by his football club to help cover medical expenses.
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
  • The annual memorial, organized by Castile’s mother, Valerie Castile, took place Monday night at the Philando Castile Peace Garden, located outside the north entrance to the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.
    — Tyler Quattrin, Twin Cities, 7 July 2026
Definition of organized
Verb
  • Attorneys and the judge prepared the jury charge, which contains the instructions for the panel’s deliberations, and the lawyers made their closing arguments on Monday afternoon.
    — Star-Telegram staff. Produced with AI assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2026
  • The Miami Herald has learned that at least one Caribbean country is reportedly prepared to support Persad-Bissessar’s request.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
Definition of prepared
Verb
  • The original design featured 13 stripes representing the colonies and 13 stars arranged in a circle to symbolize equality among them.
    — Pete Cuddihy, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • The floorplan is arranged with a clear separation between the living areas and private sleeping quarters of the home.
    — Bridget Borgobello July 03, New Atlas, 4 July 2026
Definition of arranged
Verb
  • So Japanese engineers and scientists plotted out an operations plan that would extend over the next decade and visit two more asteroids.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
  • That will really set the tone for that day, which is just being plotted out now, to really engage in a conversation that will be open to industry pass holders, press, and public to talk about the future of independent film.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026
Definition of plotted
Verb
  • The weather service also cautions the heat index is calculated for shady areas only.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Another issue with the heat index concerns the way that it’s calculated.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Definition of calculated

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