installed

verb

past tense of install
1
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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2
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for installed
  1. inducted
  2. lodged
  3. inaugurated
  4. positioned
  5. perched
  6. nestled
  7. settled
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  • This comes after Arison was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the 2025 class last year.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • Now that Gallagher, 59, and Collins, 75, stand to run into one another when they’re inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this fall, Collins is speaking out.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026
Definition of inducted
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  • During the search, BPD said officers found a ghost gun that contained one spent shell casing lodged in the chamber and was loaded with 16 live rounds in a large-capacity magazine.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 16 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of lodged
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  • The Bucksbaum Award was inaugurated in 2000 by the late Melva Bucksbaum, a patron of the arts and longtime Whitney trustee.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 16 July 2026
  • The category was inaugurated in 2008 with Survivor host Probst taking the Emmy for the first four years.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 8 July 2026
Definition of inaugurated
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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
Definition of positioned
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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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  • What to do nearby Cernobbio is a charming town nestled between Mount Bisbino and Lake Como, with beautiful lakefront views, hiking trails, and a botanical garden.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
  • That campus is nestled in the small city in Kern County about 30 miles northwest of Bakersfield where community members cheer on their own on Friday nights.
    — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of nestled
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  • Global crude prices settled as high as $114 a barrel in May, as strikes in the Middle East and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz choked off supplies from the Gulf.
    — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • But everybody settled in, with time to do so thanks to the league’s return to an untimed format.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of settled
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“Installed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/installed. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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