situates

present tense third-person singular of situate

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Recent Examples of situates DaCosta situates the story in 1954 but infuses it with her modern sensibility, shaping a lush, volatile portrait of womanhood, longing, and consequence. Okla Jones, Essence, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for situates
Verb
  • This spending puts them in the same ballpark as Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City, but is still shy of Chelsea, who have spent more than £2bn in the same period, although their net spend will be much lower than that figure given their success at selling players.
    Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Jaime Zehner, founder and principal designer of JZ Interiors, puts a Cali cool twist on traditional style.
    Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Conrad eventually locates Jeremiah and manages to hand him the letter.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Jarcho locates an undecidability in masochistic desire.
    Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The win extends a run of Emmy recognition for Obama's post-presidential media projects and places the former president among a small group of political figures who have received high-profile cultural honors.
    Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • How Teach for America grew in New Orleans Many of the new teachers came to New Orleans through Teach For America, or TFA, a national program that places mostly recent college grads in public schools for two years.
    Aubri Juhasz, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Situates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/situates. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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