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parking

verb

present participle of park
as in positioning

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Recent Examples of parking Try to keep parking clear in front of your home so that workers are less likely to park elsewhere. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parking
  1. positioning
  2. locating
  3. planting
  4. stationing
  5. deploying
  6. lodging
  7. camping
  8. situating
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  • Any delay in positioning Leclerc had a knock-on effect for Hamilton, and he was nearly eliminated in Q2 as a result.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Or is he preoccupied with positioning himself to run for president in 2028?
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of positioning
Verb
  • Detectives arrested and located another suspect in the shooting, Antoine Jones, a little over a week after the shooting, but asked for help identifying and locating another gunman.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Deputies have identified a man found dead in a grass swale last month and are asking for the public’s help in locating the driver who hit him, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of locating
Verb
  • The Best Plants to Buy Bare-Root Some of the best options for planting bare-root are those that establish well from dormant roots.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The decimation of our native ash trees because of a tiny insect proves that everyone planting the same type of tree, yard after yard, is not a smart idea.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of planting
Verb
  • Compositionally, the girl refuses to assume the traditional blocking of a model at the center of the picture, stationing herself instead to the right and leaving an empty area of floor to occupy the center of the canvas.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Saturn stationing retrograde today asks you to review your routines and duties.
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 26 July 2026
Definition of stationing
Verb
  • Enterprises are deploying agents that monitor trading signals, reconcile operational discrepancies, trigger remediation workflows and coordinate cross-system orchestration.
    — Peter Smulovics, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Arianespace and Amazon Leo announced Wednesday an agreement at the International Space Summit in Paris for six additional Ariane 64 launches to continue deploying the Amazon Leo constellation into low-Earth orbit.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of deploying
Verb
  • Consumers saw higher prices in August month-over-month for categories such as communication, lodging away from home, airline fares, education, and used cars and trucks.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The distillery plans to build a visitor center and lodging on its Garrard County property.
    — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of lodging
Verb
  • For anyone hiking or camping far from a trailhead, that means treating a possible bat exposure as a reason to head out, not to wait and see.
    — The Sacramento Bee staff, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • On their off days, players roam the ballpark, interacting with fans and camping out in the bleachers to watch their friends and competitors play.
    — Emily Ohman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of camping
Verb
  • The Sun is in Virgo until September 22, situating you in your annual season of renewal and personal vitality.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The report proposed situating it at the western end of the Mall, near the Potomac River.
    — Jennifer Tucker, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of situating

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“Parking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parking. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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