as in to put
to arrange something in a certain spot or position
the new industrial complex is situated near the highway
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Recent Examples of situate
Of its 27 parks, 24 are situated along or in the Front Range foothills, and Jeffco estimates that its parks attract 10 million visitors annually.
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John Meyer, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2026
And there’s a glorious selection of rental homes and condos situated on both the ocean and the harbor.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
Araghchi went instead to Oman – which is situated directly across the Strait of Hormuz from Iran – and met Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al and his Omani counterpart.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
The Category 1 seats are situated at the top of the lower deck, directly behind the goal and near one of the exits.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
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John Meyer, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2026
And there’s a glorious selection of rental homes and condos situated on both the ocean and the harbor.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
Araghchi went instead to Oman – which is situated directly across the Strait of Hormuz from Iran – and met Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al and his Omani counterpart.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
The Category 1 seats are situated at the top of the lower deck, directly behind the goal and near one of the exits.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for situate
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The Spurs led for the entire game and led by as many as 28 points to put the series away on Tuesday.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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More willing to put the collective goal of winning a title above all else.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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The documents go on to say that after Dukes was arrested and placed into a Chicago youth facility at 15 years old, he was signed to Warner Records.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Earlier in the day, Charles delivered a rare address to a joint session of Congress, highlighting the second day of his four-day state visit and placing the spotlight on the strained but enduring relationship between his country and the United States.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Detectives located him by following the meandering path of laundry, sent to him by his wife, via multiple messengers.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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Pluto, a frigid mountainous world with craters and glaciers, is located among icy bodies in the Kuiper Belt, located at the outskirts of our solar system beyond Neptune's orbit – now the farthest planet from the sun.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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More than anything, Bernard’s significant production at the college level should better position him to make an impact with a QB like Rodgers, who expects precision and professionalism.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Within moments, a Secret Service agent positioned himself at the bathroom entrance, his pistol drawn.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Iranian forces have laid mines and threatened commercial traffic in the narrow waterway.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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The top four-fifths of what will be a 212-foot-tall core stage arrived to KSC’s Turn Basin after making a 900-mile trip laying horizontally on NASA’s Pegasus barge, which picked up the hardware from the Michoud Assembly Building in New Orleans last week.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Situate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/situate. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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