prearrange
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Guests need to prearrange entrances or exits, or buzz an intercom during those hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
“You can’t really prearrange, in coaching, where you go.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2018
But Altman welcomed actors' contributions, and if he didn't prearrange everything in the manner of a Kubrick or Hitchcock, he would post-arrange them once he saw what he had.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2015
“Some people feel like if they come in and prearrange for their burial then they’re going to die the next day,” he says.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2012
Then it was some one's business to prearrange the distribution of troops by assigning one or more designated regiments to one or more designated steamers and giving necessary orders to the colonels.
From Campaigning in Cuba by George Kennan
Spot freight rates, or those based on real-time, on-demand truck availability, have risen about 35%, while contractual rates, or those prearranged, have risen about 10%, industry insiders say.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
At companies like Chevron and ConocoPhillips, executives have sold stock External link this year, sometimes as part of prearranged stock-trading plans.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
Last quarter’s energy-sector insider sales reflected a mix of trades determined by prearranged trading plans, as well as ad hoc sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
“Jury Duty” which sneaked up on the world in 2023, inserted an unwitting ordinary person into a prearranged courtroom scenario otherwise populated by actors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
Bobby wanted Fridrik to bring a copy of the Kasparov–Karpov game that he’d claimed for years was prearranged, so they could discuss it and play it over on Bobby’s pocket set.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
“Be sure to outline specifics pertaining to burial or cremation and any desired music, readings or religious elements. Consider prepaying or prearranging funeral or memorial services.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
During the Williams sisters’ early years as professionals, there was speculation on tour that their father and co-coach, Richard Williams, was prearranging the results of their matches against each other.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2022
Last week he was able to use more traditional tactics, prearranging talks with party elders like Senator Paul Laxalt of Nevada.
From Time Magazine Archive
For his part, Bobby never explained what either Karpov or Kasparov had to gain from prearranging match results, except to keep the title in the Russian family.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
The peculiar ability they show in prearranging ceremonials fêtes of all kinds, and their undoubted genius for tactics and strategy, show that they are able to foresee effects with unusual clearness.
From Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development by Sir Francis Galton
