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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  • The company is increasingly positioning itself as a data analytics and AI partner that can help customers automate workflows and make better use of their data.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026
  • More CEOs are now positioning AI as a driver of growth rather than solely cutting costs.
    — John M. Bremen, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of positioning
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  • The Olathe Police Department is seeking public assistance in locating a missing man who was last seen walking along 123rd Street Monday.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The Gwinnett County Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in locating 17-year-old Deaniyka Body, who jumped from a moving vehicle that was transporting her only two weeks ago, police say.
    — CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of locating
Verb
  • Hardy hibiscus seeds germinate more easily; soak and nick seeds before planting indoors.
    — Shelby Vittek, The Spruce, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Newly interested in landscape design, Kim’s mother also cultivated the property’s garden, grooming its old red pine tree and planting the grounds with tulips, chrysanthemums, and daisies.
    — Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of planting
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  • 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
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  • In the days immediately after the holiday, a frantic search for Nolan ensued, with authorities, friends and family deploying resources to find the missing teen.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The Immediate Operational Crisis Organizations are deploying agents to summarize documents, automate workflows and assist analysts without a clear framework for controlling their access.
    — Israel Duanis, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of deploying
Verb
  • All nine bodies were airlifted to Frog Lake Huts, the backcountry lodging the group stayed at for two nights before the avalanche.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Experiences may eventually become a larger part of the platform, but Hachey emphasized that the next year will be focused on lodging execution.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of lodging
Verb
  • More recently, the tiny Delica Mini has expanded the Delica's dominion, flashing some adventure and camping chops of its own.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But over the course of the next several years in Chicago, our friendship grew, during movie nights and house parties; camping trips and clothing swaps.
    — Birdie Horne, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of camping
Verb
  • The report proposed situating it at the western end of the Mall, near the Potomac River.
    — Jennifer Tucker, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Orienting and situating new guests has been honed to a fine art, and the activities and general levels of service are well-supervised and helpful.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
Definition of situating

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