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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
  • In June, citing concerns related to hurricane season, DHS said all detainees at the Florida state-run center located at an isolated airstrip in the Everglades were transferred to other facilities.
    — Gisela Salomon, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Many affected people are located in resource-poor regions where dialysis and transplants are often unaffordable or inaccessible, which can increase the odds of premature death, Paidi noted.
    — Shiv Sudhakar, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of located
Verb
  • Banner Elk is situated in a valley surrounded by Beech Mountain and Sugar Mountain, which have mile-high peaks.
    — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2026
  • These moments reveal the genius of Jay-Z, whose life story is coded directly into the songs booming through the two speakers situated across from them.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of situated
Verb
  • Jonathan Skolnik positioned himself at the corner of the model nearest lower Manhattan and began tracing his family's history across the five boroughs as his son, Tosha, listened intently.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In the near future, these platforms are positioned to break through as the gateway to the internet — and information — to billions of people across the world.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of positioned
Verb
  • In Lebanon, the state-run National News Agency said the Israeli army threw stun grenades where Lebanese army forces were stationed at the entrance to the town of Deir Mimas.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • An actual big band stationed on a scaffold upstage evokes the roaring ‘20s.
    — Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of stationed
Verb
  • The report highlights that even as fiber lines are extended into rural areas and billions of federal and state dollars are deployed, affordability and access remain insurmountable barriers for many families.
    — Erin Mote, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • More than 20,000 soldiers and police forces were deployed for elections, while troops carrying long guns patrolled roadsides.
    — Teresa Cerojano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of deployed
Verb
  • Cole dug rainwater swales, installed a woodstove, and planted vegetables.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Dutch womenswear label, Róhe, has planted its flag at 77 Mercer street.
    — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of planted
Verb
  • Once emplaced, a ground sensor is also fixed to the set location.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • 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
  • During the summer, they can be seen by the hundreds perched atop telephone wires near the shore, the organization says.
    — Neal Riley, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Rooms There’s a range of accommodations here, from cozy poolside rooms to the two-bedroom Tuscany Suite perched above the grounds.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of perched
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“Parked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parked. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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