: appropriately or advantageously directed or positioned
well-placed informants
well-placed trust
a well-placed blow

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Actually, this is one of two baseball games now well-placed in our mid-autumn sky. Joe Rao, Space.com, 16 Nov. 2025 It is largely forgotten now, but in 2022-23 Barcelona had conceded just 11 times after 33 La Liga matches and were well-placed to break Cagliari’s mark. Will Jeanes, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025 Robbie's leap of faith was well-placed. Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025 Ternus, at 50, is also well-placed to take on a long tenure at the head of Apple. Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025 His pitch is that CRH, which employs some 80,000 people, is well-placed to benefit from a surge of investment in US infrastructure, from roads and bridges to AI data centers and microchip plants. Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025 Several Chinese commentators are convinced that the U.S. is self-destructing under Trump and China is well-placed to push aside its peer rival at little cost to itself. Shyam Saran, Time, 10 Sep. 2025 No ad, no matter how well-placed, is ever going to be efficient if the creative isn’t right. Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Each button feels well-placed, with crisp, satisfying clicks. PC Magazine, 11 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1540, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of well-placed was in 1540

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“Well-placed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well-placed. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.

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