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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arrange.

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Examples

  • But, as his brain arranges all the relevant data into a jumble of reasons why and how he's returned to her, the hurt confusion on her face registers.

    New Doctor/Rose Ficlet: STRAWBERRIES rabid1st 2009

  • And as is my wont, I sat up at precisely 3: 14 a.m. and marveled anew at how playfully, skillfully the brain arranges its thoughts when left to its own dreamy devices.

    A grief ago M-mv 2004

  • What if someone who wants your work "arranges" for it to be copied?

    Artists, Photographers, and Writers, Wake Up! The Wandering Author 2008

  • A lithe, active Swartzman "arranges" a passive Kinoshita into various postures on the floor in a duet comprised of interlacing lifts, turns and caresses, with something both tender and coldly puppetlike about them.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • The decision is a blow to Thomas Dart, the sheriff of Illinois's Cook County, who argued the erotic services section of Craigslist violated prostitution laws because it "arranges" meetings and "directs" people to places where sex is sold.

    The Register 2009

  • The decision is a blow to Thomas Dart, the sheriff of Illinois's Cook County, who argued the erotic services section of Craigslist violated prostitution laws because it "arranges" meetings and "directs" people to places where sex is sold.

    The Register 2009

  • "arranges" end results, rather than simply treating everyone the same and letting the chips fall where they may.

    Articles on National Review Online 2010

  • "arranges" end results, rather than simply treating everyone the same and letting the chips fall where they may.

    Articles on National Review Online Thomas Sowell 2010

  • I also wanted China to receive financing from the U.S. Export-Import Bank, which arranges credit for foreign countries to buy American products.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • Preparing for the 10:30 Sunday morning Mass, Carlotta, the parish cantor, arranges sheet music on a small stand to the left of the altar, on the square platform usually used by a band or choir.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

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