Thesaurus results for STATIONED

stationed

verb

Definition of stationed next

past tense of station

as in appointed

to assign to a place or position stationed guards around the perimeter of the encampment

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Recent Examples of stationed He was stationed in the Philippines during the Vietnam War. —

Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026 Journalists stationed in the country sent back a steady stream of reports on death and destruction. —

David Bauder, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026 Both troops were stationed at the Port of Shuaiba, Kuwait, where the others were killed in an unmanned aerial strike. —

Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 Mar. 2026 The county stationed navigators at the doors of 75 polling locations with party-specific tablets to look up voters’ precincts and redirect them accordingly. —

Tracey McManus, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026 Inside, the vibe was shadowy and dramatic, with an actual coffin stationed just outside the elevators at the entrance. —

Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2026 Alhendawi said Save the Children is not currently operating in Iran but is stationed in nine surrounding countries and is prepared to provide full shelter and basic services for a population that may be displaced. —

Bymary Kekatos, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026 The Longhorns took the lead on a monster 466-foot shot to left field by Aiden Robbins, who plunked his shot off the train stationed high above the left field wall at Daikin Park. —

David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 28 Feb. 2026 The most instructive perspective comes from the port of Torre Annunziata, where two Syrian workers are stationed on an enormous tank loaded with Ukrainian grain. —

Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026

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Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was appointed by a committee of senior Shiite clerics after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the highest authority in the country for more than three decades, was killed in an airstrike, the United States.

— Christine Valora, The Washington Examiner, 8 Mar. 2026
Carlsbad Mayor Keith Blackburn, who was first appointed to the committee 16 years ago, praised SANDAG for the work done so far.

— Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026