SITUATED Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

situated

verb

Definition of situated

past tense of situate

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 As Hernández motored around the bases, JJ Bleday, crashing in from left field, secured the ball and fired to De La Cruz, who was situated in shallow center. — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Gulliver’s third voyage takes him to the flying island of Laputa, which rules tyrannically over several territories situated below. — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026 The primary bedroom is generously sized and situated above the co-op’s courtyard. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 7 Sep. 2026 Enter Evermore Resort in Orlando, Florida, a 1,100-acre resort situated around a crystal-clear, manmade lagoon with 20 acres of white-sand beaches. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2026 The Ranch is situated nine miles away from Aspen in a kind of holy trinity with the local fire station and the local chapel, each side of the triangle about the length of a football field. — Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 There, situated 750,000 miles beyond the moon, Roman will begin its science mission to study dark energy, dark matter and exoplanets. — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 31 Aug. 2026 Cuomo was born in New York City and raised in various spiritual communities around the Northeast, including Yogaville, an ashram then situated in Pomfret, Connecticut. — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026 By contrast, Palazzo Giovanelli is situated in the less dense San Stae neighborhood, between the Church of San Stae and Ca’ Pesaro, in the Santa Croce district. — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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There was some experimenting with the memoir being all letters, one big letter, or placed interstitially among narrative, but there were always going to be the letters.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
The defendant attempted to flee the scene, but the victim and his friends gave chase, eventually flagging down a police officer who caught Amin and placed him under arrest, prosecutors said.

— Barry Williams, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of placed

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In June, citing concerns related to hurricane season, DHS said all detainees at the Florida state-run center located at an isolated airstrip in the Everglades were transferred to other facilities.

— Gisela Salomon, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Many affected people are located in resource-poor regions where dialysis and transplants are often unaffordable or inaccessible, which can increase the odds of premature death, Paidi noted.

— Shiv Sudhakar, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of located

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Kansas has a decades-long history of not electing consecutive governors of the same party, suggesting that Masterson is well-positioned to reclaim the governor’s mansion from Democrat Laura Kelly.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2026
The bad news is that the Jets may be better positioned to make a jump and end the longest playoff drought in North American professional sports in 2027.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of positioned

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For hair, a chelating shampoo can help strip mineral buildup already deposited on the strands.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
This is to say nothing of the multitudes of amazing nonfiction deposited on our shelves this week, such as work by Ben Macintyre, Naomi Klein, and more.

— Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

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