INSTALLED Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

installed

verb

past tense of install

as in inducted

to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies installed her as the new principal of the high school

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as in lodged

to establish or place comfortably or snugly installed herself in an easy chair by the fireplace and remained there for the rest of the afternoon

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He was inducted in 1998 as a Disney Legend and has won a Tony, a Grammy, a People’s Choice Award and a Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement honor (now the Actor Awards).

— Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
In 2018, the record (Jay-Z's sixth LP) was inducted into the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.

— Caché McClay, USA Today, 7 July 2026

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Devers furthered the Giants’ cause with a ground-rule double that lodged itself under the padding along the right-field line, scoring Schmitt.

— Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 10 July 2026
The hotel may already be lodged somewhere in your subconscious thanks to its iconic yellow umbrellas and vaulted-ceiling indoor pool.

— Megan Rose Murray, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026

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What could’ve happened had a ball been squared up, an outfielder been positioned differently or an umpire’s call flipped?

— C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 5 July 2026
The Explorer, positioned between the Edge and Expedition, is Ford’s best-selling sport utility vehicle.

— James Raia, Mercury News, 5 July 2026

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Le Tigrr Ermitage is the insider's pick—a hybrid Asian restaurant, cocktail bar, lounge, and club perched on the hill above Place des Lices, in the grounds of the historic Hôtel Ermitage.

— Karli Poliziani, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026
McGinley photographed models cavorting naked (always naked) through sand dunes in the Mojave Desert and pine forests in Vermont, in a frigid ice cave in upstate New York and perched above a rushing waterfall in Tennessee.

— Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026

Definition of perched

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Increasingly severe wildfires — fueled by climate change and more than a century of forest mismanagement — have forced an environmental reckoning on mountain towns nestled in California’s Sierra Nevada.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
The new property is nestled inside a 45,000-acre private conservancy with open savannahs and waterholes nearby.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 July 2026

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