deploy

verb

Definition of deploynext
as in to station
to place in a particular position The commander deployed additional troops to the region this morning.

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Recent Examples of deploy The city declared a state of emergency on Monday, activating a command post and deploying emergency services throughout the week. — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026 The strategy is not dissimilar to the one Pritzker deployed en route to a nearly 13-percentage-point victory four years ago. — Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026 During both the Yellow Vest movement and more recently the student protests, officers without specialist crowd control training have been deployed with devastating results. — Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026 Axe designs, deploys, owns and operates graphic processing units, or GPUs, for other businesses. — Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for deploy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deploy
  1. station
  2. position
  3. locate
  4. install
  5. plant
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  • Bloomington, Indiana, police; Indiana State Police; and Indiana University police had set up a safety plan, and there were more than 20 officers stationed on Kirkwood Avenue at the time of the shooting, the mayor said.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • My 16-year-old daughter Missy, in order to avoid the inevitable hug, stationed herself on the far side of the dining room table but Helen, not to be denied, rounded the table with arms outstretched.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of station
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  • Researchers implant pairs of tiny magnets into a muscle and position external sensors over the skin.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Camp and Rodriguez’s Martian Manhunter tackles these themes by positioning real-world horror in a visual fever dream.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of position
Verb
  • Situated on Plaça de Catalunya, it couldn’t be better located for exploring the city centre or getting out to other districts.
    — Jaymi McCann, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026
  • After taking him to his house located not too far from his law office, Gordon phoned someone.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of locate
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  • One of the most disturbing reasons given was that the DOT will never install a speed reducer closer than a distance of 1,000 feet (nearly a quarter of a mile) from a speed camera.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • In early October, an agency field staffer requested that Citation install a specialized well in the Bayou to pump out polluted groundwater, according to a report in the agency’s incident database.
    — Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of install
Verb
  • Baking with a close friend, decorating at your own pace or curling up with a favorite holiday movie can plant small, tender new memories around old traditions.
    — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2026
  • One way to measure is calculating biomass, which refers to plant life by weight but is complicated to do.
    — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of plant

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“Deploy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deploy. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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