parked

Definition of parkednext
past tense of park

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for parked
Verb
  • One commercial building — without any signage indicating hospice services were located inside — received state licenses for 112 hospices.
    William La Jeunesse, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The station would be ideally located near the Capitol Square, Monona Terrace and downtown hotels, the study said.
    Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The Cookhouse is situated in a cozy yurt in San Isabel Forest, overlooking the majestic Sawatch Mountain Range.
    Shauna Farnell, Denver Post, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The epicenter was situated roughly 9 miles north of Susanville, at a depth of just 3 miles.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Their departure from active group work would leave a void that few current girl groups are positioned to fill, if any.
    Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The annual fan event, now in its sixth year, is positioned as a major showcase for the franchise across games, cards and competitive play.
    Kennedy French, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • With astronaut launches, NASA utilizes military vessels stationed at sea across various points around the planet, where crew capsules can land and be recovered in the event of an emergency-abort situation.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The first-stage booster made its 19th flight with a recovery landing downrange on the droneship Just Read the Instructions stationed in the Atlantic.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Outside the detention center on Wednesday, Texas state police deployed chemical irritants toward protesters, who had gathered in support of the detainees being held at the facility.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Trump this week deployed border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota after this month’s fatal shootings of protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, undermining Noem’s leadership of her department.
    Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • According to the National Garden Scheme, the grounds even contain a mulberry tree reputed to have been planted by Queen Elizabeth I herself.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Butt maintains his innocence, claiming his confession was coerced through torture, and that evidence against him was planted, The Daily Telegraph reported.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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
Verb
  • Machen’s London was a descendant of Blake’s, where angels perched in trees.
    Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Travelers can check out the iconic Edinburgh Castle, one of the oldest fortified sites in Europe, perched upon a hill, before enjoying the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Old Town and the sweeping vistas of Arthur's Seat.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Parked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parked. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.

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