as in placed
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 situated
Debin will discuss sites such as Tikal in Guatemala, considered one of the largest Mayan archaeological sites, as well as Uxmal, an ancient Mayan city and UNESCO World Heritage site situated in Yucatán, Mexico.
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Mona Darwish,
Oc Register,
24 June 2026
There is growing interest today in the largely unoccupied FR3 band, which spans roughly 7 to 24 gigahertz, situated between crowded low/mid-bands and the much higher millimeter-wave frequencies.
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Shivendra Panwar,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 June 2026
The remains were situated in a drainage path and partially covered by sand, rock and dirt.
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David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
Although the quiet might lead you to call it quaint, Lake Maurepas is actually one of the biggest lakes in Louisiana, situated directly west of its even bigger brother, Lake Pontchartrain.
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Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
17 June 2026
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Mona Darwish,
Oc Register,
24 June 2026
There is growing interest today in the largely unoccupied FR3 band, which spans roughly 7 to 24 gigahertz, situated between crowded low/mid-bands and the much higher millimeter-wave frequencies.
—
Shivendra Panwar,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 June 2026
The remains were situated in a drainage path and partially covered by sand, rock and dirt.
—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
Although the quiet might lead you to call it quaint, Lake Maurepas is actually one of the biggest lakes in Louisiana, situated directly west of its even bigger brother, Lake Pontchartrain.
—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
17 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for situated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for situated
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The score generated with the device placed it among the top five in a class of over 100 students, significantly exceeding the average score of 72.
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Dustin Struckman, a deputy with the Nicollet County Sheriff's Office who was also involved in the incident, have both been placed on critical incident leave.
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It's located in Ansley Mall fronting the Northeast Beltline Trail.
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Smoke from the fire has been pushing to the east and northeast, meaning the air quality at popular vacation spots like Zion and Bryce Canyon national parks — which are located far south of the flames — hasn’t been significantly affected beyond some haze sinking into the Bryce area.
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Engling touted himself to delegates as the candidate best positioned to continue the GOP’s decade-long hold on all statewide offices, the Indiana Capital Chronicle reported.
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For its part, Chevron is positioned to quickly and reliably deliver natural gas from the Permian Basin, located in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico, to data centers at a competitive cost, Gustavson said in a statement.
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In addition to the fear of deportation, the ruling puts thousands of immigrants at risk of losing their work authorization and their jobs, according to a Haitian-American journalist.
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That lawsuit, in part, accuses City Attorney Miko Brown of pushing airport officials to investigate a charter airline's safety record -- not because of genuine safety concerns, but to create legal cover for a city council vote that put $90 million in federal grant money at risk.
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Put another way, for every $100 deposited in a traditional account, savers are only earning 38 cents now.
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One tool introduced in the past year by FanDuel is an artificial intelligence program that can quickly detect when a person has deposited an amount that is much larger than that player’s previous deposits on the app.
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“Situated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/situated. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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