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 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 The production cost of one advanced aircraft carrier is $10-13 billion, and the annual cost of deploying a ground division to the Middle East is $1 billion. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 Sep. 2026 The governor’s office said the state was securing its harbors, deploying emergency personnel to strategic locations and monitoring dams for any possible breaches or overflows. — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026 The Pentagon has begun that process, deploying several relatively inexpensive anti-drone missile systems. — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026 But capturing the value will require more than deploying models. — Rahul Saluja, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 On paper, deploying Wade creates an obvious advantageous matchup. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deploying
  1. stationing
  2. positioning
  3. locating
  4. planting
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  • 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
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  • 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
Verb
  • New South Wales police shared a photo of Gallagher, 28, and asked the public for help locating him.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Hawthorne has seen a revival in recent years, thanks in part to SpaceX locating its headquarters there and the booming sports and entertainment complexes to the north in Inglewood.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 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 10 Sep. 2026.

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