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
It is thus possible to prearrange with observers in widely-different parts of the earth as to the observations to be made on each particular night.
From The Story of the Heavens by Sir Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball
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
Some of the sales were prearranged under plans that allow executives to sell stock automatically at specific times or share prices without making in-the-moment decisions that could leave them open to allegations of improper trading.
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
Others arrived with only an address in hand, expected to find their way to prearranged housing.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
“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
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 James Oliver Curwood
