deployed

verb

past tense of deploy
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 Then Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser deployed tens of thousands of troops to North Yemen in support of his ally, al-Sallal, starting a decadelong military intervention in the country. — Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026 However, the historical cases suggest that if accountability for cumulative harm arrives, product-level safety features deployed in isolation can be repurposed as part of a defense to such claims. — Ned Cooper, STAT, 26 Oct. 2026 There have been at least a dozen flights since the Miami Herald first reported that the government of El Salvador had deployed 100 special forces troops to Haiti on Thursday to aid in the rescue operations and was planning on sending more. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026 The information used to hire them continues to inform how they are coached, deployed and considered for future roles. — Dr. Jay R. Harrison, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 While OpenAI deployed its AI colony to solve a math problem that no human or individual AI agent could, Google DeepMind recently set an AI colony loose on math problems for a different purpose. — Noah Giansiracusa, Time, 26 Oct. 2026 About 70,000 officers were deployed nationwide on Saturday, along with helicopters, armored vehicles and water cannons. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 French authorities deployed 70,000 police officers nationwide Saturday as demonstrations took place in Paris and other cities. — Amanda MacIas, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 Several challenges need to be addressed before this technology can be deployed in municipal water systems. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deployed
  1. stationed
  2. positioned
  3. located
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  • Officials posted abroad wishing to defect must dexterously evade state security officials stationed alongside them and come to peace with the fact that loved ones back home will surely be punished.
    — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Derek vs Derek started life as a doc about rewilding, but became something quite different when EP Adam Wishart realized one of its protagonists had a rival stationed on the farm opposite him.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of stationed
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  • Instead, Club name Intel positioned its PC business as a casualty of high memory prices, the same week as SK Hynix said high-bandwidth memory shortage will last until 2030 , effectively taking it out of the running for multiple years.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The officer positioned themself ahead of the vehicle and deployed tire deflation devices, disabling the vehicle’s front driver’s-side tire, according to police.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of positioned
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  • At least 375 children under age 18 in Jacksonville have been hospitalized for firearm injuries since 2018 and at least 150 from ZIP codes 32206, 32208, and 32209 — where Brown’s Dump is located.
    — Yona Gavino, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Later in the day, a California Highway Patrol helicopter located a deceased climber on that route, but a storm system soon moved into the area, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of located

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“Deployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deployed. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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