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 Moskowitz told the Sun Sentinel on Thursday police are constantly stationed at his home. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026 Artem Zub was in the penalty box serving one of 11 first-period penalties when Tkachuk received a pass from his brother, Matthew Tkachuk, while stationed beside the crease. — Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026 Alyssa Gatti has been involved with the Camp for Justice stationed at the building since it was established last year. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026 But Hall had for weeks declined requests from off-duty swiftwater technicians who wanted to be stationed in flood-prone areas before the waters hit. — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026 Brown had allegedly been staying at the barracks as a guest of a trooper stationed there for the summer. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Pakistan has forces stationed in Saudi Arabia, and the Egyptian parliament is debating whether to send support after President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi called an emergency session to deploy military assistance to the kingdom. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026 Out of public sight The planned execution by firing squad is of Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, who killed 13 people and wounded 32 in 2009. — Nate Perez, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026 The United States has approximately 54,000 military personnel stationed in Japan, mostly on Okinawa. — CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stationed
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  • The City Council appointed Harrington to office after former Mayor Vi Lyles resigned midterm.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Santoyo, 72, was appointed by the state to the board of managers in 2016.
    — Sophia Veneziano, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Americans have placed an unprecedented bet on the transformative power of artificial intelligence.
    — Ming Lu, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Becerril had been assaulted before his body was placed in the trunk, according to the CHP.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

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“Stationed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stationed. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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