as in stationed
to place in a particular position
The commander deployed additional troops to the region this morning.
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Recent Examples of deployed
Kyiv and Seoul estimate that North Korea deployed more than 10,000 troops to the war in return for economic and military technology assistance from Russia.
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Reuters, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
Only one bear has been seen on the game cameras and no bears have been caught in any of the traps deployed in the area, according to the release.
—Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2025
Burnley have also struggled to create big chances, though this has largely been due to the defence-first approach Scott Parker has deployed.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
That’s when its officers deployed the pepper spray.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
Trump has already deployed 10,000 troops and more than eight warships to Caribbean waters near Venezuela.
—Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
The new rare-earths restrictions can be deployed not only against the United States, but against any country that dares to oppose Xi’s will.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
The company has not indicated when the smart glasses will be deployed at mass scale.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
The city and larger Bay Area region had been on high alert since Wednesday when word spread that federal immigration agents would be deployed to San Francisco.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Reuters, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
Only one bear has been seen on the game cameras and no bears have been caught in any of the traps deployed in the area, according to the release.
—Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2025
Burnley have also struggled to create big chances, though this has largely been due to the defence-first approach Scott Parker has deployed.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
That’s when its officers deployed the pepper spray.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
Trump has already deployed 10,000 troops and more than eight warships to Caribbean waters near Venezuela.
—Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
The new rare-earths restrictions can be deployed not only against the United States, but against any country that dares to oppose Xi’s will.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
The company has not indicated when the smart glasses will be deployed at mass scale.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
The city and larger Bay Area region had been on high alert since Wednesday when word spread that federal immigration agents would be deployed to San Francisco.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deployed
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The restructuring brings in regional chiefs and supervisors normally stationed at the nation's borders to carry out immigration arrests inside the country, a move representing a departure from traditional immigration enforcement structures.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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His biggest save came midway through the first, as Dawson Mercer, stationed to Askarov’s right, sent a pass to the middle of the ice that was redirected slightly by Jack Hughes to Nico Hischier, whose one-timer was stopped by a sliding Askarov.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
25 Oct. 2025
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The device was allegedly placed inside the toilet bowl and positioned to capture the faces of individuals entering and using the porta-potty, Sgt.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Even so, Posobiec is better positioned than anyone else to fill at least some of the void Kirk has left as one of the most important figures on the contemporary right.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Then he was located in a posh suburb of São Paulo, Brazil.—
Moisés Naím,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Le Parisien earlier reported two men were arrested and said the other person was located northeast of Paris.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Deployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deployed. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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