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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  • Shields appears to be positioning herself for more competitive fights against women in smaller weight classes.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Muse Glimmer fits with that strategy, positioning the AI model as a personal assistant that runs locally on computers rather than a tool accessed only through the cloud.
    — Paulina Likos,Jeff Marks, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of positioning
Verb
  • 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
  • Matt Koch, the lawns research fellow for gardening giant Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, met recently with the president to discuss planting new grass on the White House’s South Lawn.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Using fresh potting mix when planting or repotting is always recommended.
    — Leah Chester-Davis, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 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
  • Russia has recently started deploying warships to escort its commercial vessels.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • By deploying Infor’s Industry Cloud platform alongside industry-specific AI and intelligent automation, Kanemitsu aims to help Japanese enterprises modernize their systems and achieve measurable operational outcomes.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 11 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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