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deploying

verb

present participle of deploy
as in stationing
to place in a particular position The commander deployed additional troops to the region this morning.

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Recent Examples of deploying Enterprises are deploying agents that monitor trading signals, reconcile operational discrepancies, trigger remediation workflows and coordinate cross-system orchestration. — Peter Smulovics, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Arianespace and Amazon Leo announced Wednesday an agreement at the International Space Summit in Paris for six additional Ariane 64 launches to continue deploying the Amazon Leo constellation into low-Earth orbit. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026 Its solicitation calls for an aircraft capable of self-deploying 8,000 nautical miles (9,206 miles), while carrying at least 2,800 pounds of payload. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026 Tech giants globally are deploying massive capital into infrastructure construction, competing directly with the US government for long-term capital. — CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026 At the end of the year, the agency would meet a key mandate, deploying explosives detection systems nationwide. — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026 As Scripto enters its growth era, its team has been deploying the software’s famous users to hype it up. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 In addition, the French state will provide support by deploying security forces and other public services to ease visitors' experience. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026 The post provides an unusually granular picture of how far the automation of AI research has gone inside one of the companies at the forefront of both creating AI systems and deploying them internally. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deploying
  1. stationing
  2. positioning
  3. locating
  4. planting
Verb
  • Compositionally, the girl refuses to assume the traditional blocking of a model at the center of the picture, stationing herself instead to the right and leaving an empty area of floor to occupy the center of the canvas.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Saturn stationing retrograde today asks you to review your routines and duties.
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 26 July 2026
Definition of stationing
Verb
  • Any delay in positioning Leclerc had a knock-on effect for Hamilton, and he was nearly eliminated in Q2 as a result.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Or is he preoccupied with positioning himself to run for president in 2028?
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of positioning
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  • Gate agents told the magazine officers have asked for help identifying or locating passengers as well as for access to internal information and even to restricted areas like jet bridges and aircraft.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2026
  • There were real successes, such as locating Osama bin Laden in 2011 and destroying his group, al-Qaida, and later, dismantling the Islamic State.
    — Greg Myre, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of locating
Verb
  • There is no easier way to add interest to your landscape than planting berry bushes.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Some farmers in Southeast Asia and parts of Africa have started planting and harvesting perennial rice in their fields.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of planting

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“Deploying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deploying. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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