situates

present tense third-person singular of situate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of situates Without diminishing that aspect of music, Musical Bodies rightly situates as much meaning in the objects themselves. Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Garvey said the journal, which published quarterly from 1993 to 2005, was premised on the idea of abolishing whiteness as a social category that situates white people above other racial groups. Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 30 July 2026 And Anne Hathaway, in a bravura performance, situates Penelope on an emotional precipice, caught between indecision and indignation, between yearning for her husband and a palpable disgust with the alternatives. Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026 Celebrated artists such as Oscar Murillo, Selma Selman, and Hew Locke will be among the participants in next year’s edition of the show, which situates commissions around Münster. Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 30 June 2026 The 83-year-old singer’s latest LP, Swamp Dogg Contemplates the Afterlife, situates him as comfortably as ever at the intersection of soul, country, and traditional worship music. Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 19 June 2026 Matthew Kriner, executive director of the Institute for Countering Digital Extremism, said that the very creation of the video and document for public consumption strongly situates this attack within a specific subculture of far-right extremism. Odette Yousef, NPR, 27 May 2026 The disarmament thus takes place as an ecological project, one that situates AI within the broad sweep of human culture and that orients it towards human flourishing, not toward warfare, monopolistic power, or new inequalities. Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 25 May 2026 The installation situates Adams not simply as a participant in the Biennale ecosystem, but as an artist actively shaping its visual and ideological terrain. Andrew S. Jacobson, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for situates
Verb
  • Another shoe will drop for SpaceX this week when close to a billion shares held by insiders can be sold for the first time on Thursday, which traditionally puts downward pressure on newly IPOed company stock prices.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Nick Mitchell is a slap-hitting outfielder who doesn’t chase or whiff much but has no power and puts the ball on the ground a lot.
    Keith Law, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Anyone who locates turtles has been asked to bring them to the Cranford Fire Department, according to CBS New York.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Tamas locates its tragedy not only in violence and displacement but also in the speed with which neighbors become enemies while those who engineer communal hatred remain insulated from the suffering that follows.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • Japan’s new vessel, on the other hand, places greater emphasis on defending the homeland from missile attacks rather than projecting offensive naval power over long distances.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
  • This places the District at significant risk of being in violation of the law and collective bargaining agreements.
    Todd Feurer, CBS News, 31 July 2026

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“Situates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/situates. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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