as in puts
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 situates
Sittenfeld deftly situates the problems of patriarchy and class politics within an intimate, decades-long love story—and what is more American than that potent mix?
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Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
1 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.
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Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
30 June 2026
Christian Guy, Executive Director of The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, situates it inside something larger still.
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Afdhel Aziz,
Forbes.com,
19 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Andrew S. Jacobson,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2026
The Conservatory situates this story in forms of care—care for plants, for patients, for each other.
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Emilie Hardman,
JSTOR Daily,
6 May 2026
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
1 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
Christian Guy, Executive Director of The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, situates it inside something larger still.
—
Afdhel Aziz,
Forbes.com,
19 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
The Conservatory situates this story in forms of care—care for plants, for patients, for each other.
—
Emilie Hardman,
JSTOR Daily,
6 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for situates
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However, some state workers currently using public transit have questions about capacity, especially as declining state and federal transit funding puts a strain on transit agencies.
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That puts her in the club of four other millionaire authors on the bench – Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas.
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Video shared by El Salvador President Nayib Bukele reportedly showed the moment a Salvadorian rescuer locates a woman, identified as Belkys Barreto, trapped under rubble in Caraballeda, and reassures her that help is near.
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It's sturdily built, quick to set up and automatically locates night sky targets and provides crisp, clear views of them.
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What a great gesture when every gentleman removes his hat, and every man, woman and child places a hand over his or her heart as the anthem is presented.
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Island Queen is a compelling exploration of equality through the life of Dorothy Kirwan Thomas, a woman born into slavery who refuses to accept the limits society places on her because of race or gender.
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