parked

verb

past tense of park
as in located

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parked
  1. located
  2. situated
  3. positioned
  4. stationed
  5. deployed
  6. planted
  7. emplaced
  8. perched
Verb
  • Deputies detained the suspect, later identified as Taele, and located his vehicle in the golf club's parking lot, the sheriff's department said.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Robert de Molesme founded the Cistercian order at an abbey some 20 miles away from Meursault, the small village where the new hotel is located, in 1098.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of located
Verb
  • Located in a building that dates back to 1908, the spacious, 1,500-square-foot unit is situated near the city’s finest shops, restaurants, and bars.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2026
  • In the 1st District, situated near the center of the state, surrounding Richmond, seven Democrats are competing to advance to the general election against nine-term incumbent Wittman.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of situated
Verb
  • Griffin allowed the Kia to pass, then positioned his patrol car behind it to pull over the driver.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Miller is now positioned to face Democrat Brian Poindexter in November in a district that had been considered reliably Republican, as the GOP fights to preserve its narrow House majority.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of positioned
Verb
  • Daemon brings troops and his dragon Caraxes, but holds out on laying siege for as long as possible, especially as Ormund has stationed children on the battlements and in front of the gates to the city.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
  • After Assad's ouster Russian troops remaining in Syria gradually left the country except for those stationed at the bases.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of stationed
Verb
  • As the flames approached the community in July, the majority of the village’s 3,500 residents were forced to flee their homes, as hundreds of firefighters were deployed to tackle blazes more violent and unpredictable than in previous years.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Foreign firefighting and helicopter crews are often deployed in Greece to help tackle wildfires during the country’s hot, dry summers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of deployed
Verb
  • The famed Tondré Vineyard, planted by the late Tondré Allarid in a former broccoli field, was also the source of a fabulous 2022 JMC Cellars Reserve Pinot Noir, paired with a wild mushroom and goat cheese crostini.
    — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Five women in green uniforms and rain boots dug up weeds and planted new vegetables as Malonga talked about the soil, the project’s foundation.
    — Alicia Erickson, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of planted
Verb
  • 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.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Definition of emplaced
Verb
  • The red-brick Southeast Lighthouse, perched atop the Mohegan Bluffs, is all but deserted.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The property is perched high on a corner parcel with privacy enhanced by mature trees.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of perched
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