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"arranging" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often ordering (8 letters).
Definitions
the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
Used in a sentence
“Strict orders had been given by Mrs. Breen the night before that certain dustings and arrangings of furniture should take place, the spacious stairs swept, and the hectic hired palms in their great china pots watered.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Sets in order”9 letters
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