placed

Definition of placednext
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 Any proposals to alter the measure are anticipated to be placed on the November ballot for voters to decide. City News Service, Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026 The chain aims to finish assembling drinks within two minutes and thirty seconds from the moment an order is placed. Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 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 Apr. 2026 They were placed in an Arizona group home, while the adult wives were questioned by police. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026 Committee chairs decide what topics get placed on their agendas. Charlotte Observer, 10 Apr. 2026 He was subsequently placed into custody and transported to a police station for intake. Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026 The signs replace a display of 32 fabric flags that previously flew along the overpass fence, originally placed by community members after the crash, according to an ITD news release. Rose Evans april 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 Apr. 2026 Whatever is placed on the paper as it is exposed—a body, a flower—is silhouetted. Hilton Als, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for placed
Verb
  • Another two bedrooms are situated down here, as well, with the entire estate encompassing six bedrooms, six bathrooms, and three powder rooms.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2026
  • It’s partitioned by a long, tiled bar along the left wall, situated behind the hearth and its surrounding oval counter and framed, aesthetically, by double Moroccan doors painted in hypnotic geometries.
    Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
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  • Police said Darden is classified as a missing adult and was reported missing to both the Oakland Police Department and the Berkeley Police Department.
    Jose Fabian, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • If classified as homicides, these would be the city’s first of the year.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
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  • The Congressional Budget Office estimated the rules will cause more people to lose health coverage by 2034 than any other part of the GOP budget law.
    Sam Whitehead, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2026
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  • All 39 Florida cities ranked in the top 100 thanks to an ideal climate.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Two weeks ago, they were ranked 10th.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
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  • The California Fair Political Practices Commission’s administrators are appointed by five officials, all Democrats, including the attorney general himself.
    Will Swaim, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Cain also wanted to have a third director appointed that was neutral to help mediate disputes.
    Sarah Sotoodeh, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
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  • Epstein’s guiding hand Epstein, according to the spokesperson, was introduced to de Rothschild by Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen.
    Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
  • On Thursday, a group of bipartisan lawmakers introduced the Multilateral Alignment of Technology Controls on Hardware (MATCH) Act, designed to cut China off from chipmaking tools and target the country’s most critical semiconductor firms.
    Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2026
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  • She’s employed at West Virginia’s federally funded Head Start program for low-income children and her husband is a postal worker.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But the department's Federal Student Aid Handbook does not include that restriction for students employed by schools for on-campus work.
    Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 8 Apr. 2026
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  • Simply put, there’s no way that your husband won’t have to deal with this.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
  • At this point, as one aide put it, Tisza is Magyar, and Magyar is Tisza.
    Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026

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“Placed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placed. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.

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