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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
  • With Uranus stationing retrograde in your sign, disruption at work, perhaps from earlier in the year, could resurface… except this time, you’re being called to deal with it once and for all.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of stationing
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  • Joshua Van is aggressive and should be positioning himself as a striker in this match.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The company is positioning the material for uses spanning fashion and footwear, furniture and interiors, construction and automotive applications.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of positioning
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  • Detectives arrested and located another suspect in the shooting, Antoine Jones, a little over a week after the shooting, but asked for help identifying and locating another gunman.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Deputies have identified a man found dead in a grass swale last month and are asking for the public’s help in locating the driver who hit him, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of locating
Verb
  • The Best Plants to Buy Bare-Root Some of the best options for planting bare-root are those that establish well from dormant roots.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The decimation of our native ash trees because of a tiny insect proves that everyone planting the same type of tree, yard after yard, is not a smart idea.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of planting

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“Deploying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deploying. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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