placed

past tense of place
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as in estimated
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement I'd place that as roughly the third largest house in the neighborhood

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as in ranked
to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes placed second in the competition

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Recent Examples of placed Those severe heat illness cases need to be placed in cooling bags to cool their bodies down within 30 minutes. Danielle J. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2026 Comparing trends in recent years, Marti placed the first semester of 2026 on par with the first half of 2023, which had previously marked the strongest start to a year since cinemas reopened following the pandemic. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 10 July 2026 Both were fitted with electronic monitoring devices and placed under house arrest, officials say. Mark Price july 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026 Santos moving to Old Trafford would be a welcome piece of new furniture as United renovate their midfield home, but the living room still lacks a centrepiece for everything to be placed around. Carl Anka, New York Times, 10 July 2026 According to the lawsuit notice, a guard forcibly placed his knee on Morffi’s neck. Miami Herald, 10 July 2026 The Storm Prediction Center, part of the National Weather Service, has placed the Kansas City area under a marginal risk (Level 1 of 5) of severe weather. Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026 However, StyleCaster may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 10 July 2026 The department did not say how long the officer has worked for ICE or whether any of the officers involved have been placed on leave. Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
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  • The property is situated on a lot spanning 9,945 square feet.
    Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
  • Ukraine's military general staff said Monday that the strike caused a fire at the facility, which is situated nearly 2,500 kilometers (1,553 miles) from Ukrainian territory and close to Russia's border with Kazakhstan.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 7 July 2026
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  • Investigators ultimately classified the encounter as non-threatening because the object never approached sensitive assets.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
  • Of that dataset, there were 33 public comment letters, of which Zach classified them as submitted by an individual in an active corporate role, such as CFO, audit chair, financial reporting manager, COO, or CTO.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 8 July 2026
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  • It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2026
  • White House economists estimated earlier this year a national shortage of 10 million homes and the bill could help to close a portion of that gap.
    Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
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  • So while Belgium goes home, Spain goes to Texas for Tuesday’s semifinal with France, the only team in the world ranked ahead of it.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • That Santos ranked among some of the best midfielders in the Premier League for line-breaking passes last season is promising.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 10 July 2026
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  • After the independence resolution was proposed, in June 1776, Congress appointed the Committee of Five (John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman) to draft the Declaration.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 July 2026
  • And then there’s coach Mohamed Ouahbi – only appointed in March this year but who had been well established within the national team set-up – who has quickly made his stylistic mark.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
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  • The issue has caught the attention of lawmakers on Capitol Hill, where a flurry of proposals have been introduced since the start of the year.
    Justin Papp, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • In January, CyCognito introduced discovery of externally reachable MCP servers, adding them to external attack-surface inventories.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
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  • The businessman employed an array of shell companies and strawmen to sign documents on his behalf, and to stand in for him as operators of his companies, according to the affidavit.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Additionally, the transit method employed by TESS usually has a search radius of around 150 light-years.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 July 2026
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  • In his fifth-inning at-bat, Stephenson was on the other side of two successful challenges by Rutschman that put him down 1-2 in the count instead of up 3-0.
    C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 6 July 2026
  • Go on, put the 131-cube (2,147 cc) monster engine into that one.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026

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