as in locations
the area or space occupied by or intended for something
the emplacement of the house, which is between two hulking mansions, makes it seem smaller than it is
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Recent Examples of emplacements
Meanwhile, the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative found that three sets of three emplacements were built on Mischief Reef in 2023, likely to accommodate road-mobile weapons platforms, including artillery or rocket systems, to defend the outpost.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
It was abandoned in 1865, when the war ended, but the cannon emplacements are still visible today, carved into the landscape.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
It was abandoned in 1865, when the war ended, but the cannon emplacements are still visible today, carved into the landscape.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emplacements
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Its reach spanned numerous locations in Northern California and even made it to the mayor of Flavortown himself, Guy Fieri.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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What's gone is Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania is temporarily pausing certain services at its locations in the region.—
Lauren Linder,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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For Brisbane Stadium, the firms will work alongside Azusa Sekkei, a Japanese architecture practice that has helped deliver over 100 sporting venues, including the Japan National Stadium used at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
7 Jan. 2026
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Customers can opt to remain anonymous or allow the system to remember their preferences across different venues and even countries.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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Admin sites pile burning at Wilson Camp, Log Springs, Paskenta, Alder Springs, Wells Cabin, Chico Seed Orchard, Red Bluff and Stonyford.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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South Korea remains firmly in beauty experts’ sites, as its second K-wave keeps swelling.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
6 Jan. 2026
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The presence of liquid water, heat and the right chemicals (such as phosphorus and complex hydrocarbons) means that its sub-surface ocean is believed to be one of the best places in our solar system for life to have evolved outside the Earth, according to scientists.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2025
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That includes places like Birmingham and Huntsville in Alabama, Baton Rouge in Louisiana, Savannah in Georgia and Tampa and Fort Myers in Florida.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Emplacements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emplacements. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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