redeploy

verb

re·​de·​ploy ˌrē-di-ˈplȯi How to pronounce redeploy (audio)
redeployed; redeploying; redeploys

transitive verb

: to transfer from one area or activity to another

intransitive verb

: to relocate personnel or equipment
redeployment noun

Examples of redeploy in a Sentence

The soldiers were redeployed to the country's capital. Most units will redeploy to their home bases. They redeployed their assets into mutual funds.
Recent Examples on the Web The funds may have to be redeployed more than once or for longer than the sustainment period requirement, increasing investors' chances of losing capital. Sam Silverman, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024 Those lacking foundational talents may need to be redeployed elsewhere. Craig Dempster, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024 Lastly, there’s also a portfolio reconfiguration story happening here, with management shedding slower-growth businesses and redeploying cash proceeds into faster-growing and higher-margin opportunities. Jeff Marks, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2024 The remainder will be redeployed in the region instead of coming home. Paul K. MacDonald, Foreign Affairs, 3 Dec. 2019 See all Example Sentences for redeploy 

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Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

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The first known use of redeploy was in 1945

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“Redeploy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redeploy. Accessed 16 Oct. 2024.

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