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
That a will could reach out and prearrange a man's misfortunes was to her mind incredible, for there were no precedents.
From The Adventures of Kathlyn by MacGrath, Harold
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
Some of the sales were prearranged under plans that allow executives to sell stock automatically at specific times or share prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Some participants used prearranged signals, such as specific in and out sniffing patterns, to indicate that they heard the sounds and were actively working on the puzzles within their dreams.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 15, 2026
We imagine ourselves influencing the story, but mostly we are participating in a prearranged rhythm, following cues we barely notice.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2025
But he was willing to reveal more details about his prearranged meeting with Kerling and the others.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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
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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
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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 Galton, Francis, Sir
In such situations men like MacVeigh and Pelliter do not waste precious moments in prearranging actions in words.
From Isobel : a Romance of the Northern Trail by Curwood, James Oliver