stationed

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 Medical teams will be stationed at Fan Festivals and stadiums. John Samuels, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026 We’re shepherded out onto the Monaco track and stationed at one of the last corners. Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026 The first-stage booster flew for second time with a recovery landing on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas stationed in the Atlantic. Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026 The visitor was later confronted by firefighters stationed at the attraction and escorted from the site, the agency reported. Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2026 The pilot program consists of 12 ambassadors, easily identified by their bright orange shirts, who will be stationed throughout downtown Atlanta. Leondra Head, CBS News, 10 June 2026 Associate Test Kitchen manager Inés Anguiano was stationed by the grill, firing up carne asada to top off nachos from Foods of La Frontera. Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 June 2026 Those measures include guards stationed at access points with full visibility of the exterior and detailed logs of security activities while in port and at sea. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026 Armed with an adventure kit, participants are summoned to a secret location where they’re tasked with deciphering cryptic codes, uncovering hidden symbols, navigating shifting alliances and outwit enemies and operatives stationed around the campus. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
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  • The interception of the Smyrtos occurred just days after the PM appointed a new Defense Secretary, Dan Jarvis, following the resignation of John Healey from Starmer’s fragile government in a dispute over military budgets.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
  • Pryor appointed a special committee to investigate.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 June 2026
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  • Eager to avoid losing Mbappe for nothing the following summer, he was placed on the transfer list in the summer of 2023 and excluded from PSG’s pre-season tour to Japan.
    Tom Burrows, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Detectives also compared cellphone location records from Miner’s and Johnson’s phones, which placed Miner at the crime scene when the shooting occurred and showed that his movements were nearly identical to Johnson’s movements in the minutes leading up to the shooting, police said.
    Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Dec. 2025

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“Stationed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stationed. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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