as in to situate
to arrange something in a certain spot or position
the plan is to emplace more guns on the ridge north of the camp
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Recent Examples of emplace
The order affects several thousand engineers, scientists and technicians across every NASA center, and strips away long-standing union rights that were emplaced to protect more than half the agency's workforce.
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 30 Aug. 2025
This is a complex process taking hours, so explosives need to be emplaced ahead of time.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
The Democrats’ guests also include at least one government watchdog dismissed by Trump in his bid to emplace loyalists across positions of influence.
—Zeke Miller, Twin Cities, 4 Mar. 2025
These forces will support enhanced detection and monitoring efforts and repair and emplace physical barriers, the release said.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2025
In the coming days, SpaceX technicians will lift the ship on top of the Super Heavy booster already emplaced on the launch mount.
—Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
Autonomous search and detection of the emplacement target and autonomously emplaced a 1-pound payload.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2012
Josh Dinner, Space.com, 30 Aug. 2025
This is a complex process taking hours, so explosives need to be emplaced ahead of time.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
The Democrats’ guests also include at least one government watchdog dismissed by Trump in his bid to emplace loyalists across positions of influence.
—Zeke Miller, Twin Cities, 4 Mar. 2025
These forces will support enhanced detection and monitoring efforts and repair and emplace physical barriers, the release said.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2025
In the coming days, SpaceX technicians will lift the ship on top of the Super Heavy booster already emplaced on the launch mount.
—Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
Autonomous search and detection of the emplacement target and autonomously emplaced a 1-pound payload.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emplace
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For the following season, Arsenal will implement safe standing in the North Bank, where many season-ticket holders are situated.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Skiers carried in their own food and overnighted in huts situated at 7,600 feet (3,415 meters).—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Mountbatten-Windsor put his arm around Giuffre with Maxwell standing close, smiling.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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But the table is so congested that putting any kind of winning run together could make a real difference while the teams above them are distracted by European commitments.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Assemblymember Catherine Stefani, D-San Francisco, said her bill, AB 1846, would allow judges to place a child with a family member at any point during the foster care process.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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In August 2023, her father petitioned that she be placed under temporary conservatorship, according to Marin County court records.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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But a morning run along the Riverwalk below is regenerating, even in winter, and almost anything located in the Loop is walking-distance.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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Pierced her labial frenulum – which most people can’t locate, let alone want to pierce - to give herself permanent mouth bling.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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These factors ensure that Austria continues to be well positioned in the global market and able to attract ambitious projects.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
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Centrally positioned, the metroplex offers convenient access to other cities, states and countries through DFW International Airport.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Feb. 2026
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One that stood out to Everett Plummer, a manager in the oil division at the time and one of several staffers tasked with investigating the Boarman case, was McCoon 3, an injection well that disposes salty oil field wastewater deep below the earth.—
Nick Bowlin,
The Frontier,
16 Feb. 2026
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When using a bottom up candle warmer, all of the remaining candle wax in the original vessel is disposed of because the scent is gone.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Emplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emplace. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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