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 After the first period, the Devils were down 1-0, and Hughes was called over to do an interview with Mleczko, who was stationed between the benches. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 She is stationed in the major cases unit, focusing on capital homicide litigation. — Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 With Glen stationed with the second-unit team in Switzerland and then in Baffin Island, Canada, Grover waited back in the studio for the rushes. — Rhett Bartlett, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026 About a dozen B-1Bs have been stationed there for around seven months. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026 Those excluded were primarily nurses, cooks and janitors stationed at state hospitals and prisons. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026 About one week before the launch of Operation Epic Fury, most American soldiers and Air Force personnel stationed in Kuwait were moved to Jordan and Saudi Arabia — farther away from Iranian missile range. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 25 Sep. 2026 As for the Desert Boot, the silhouette was originally designed in the 1940s by Nathan Clark and took inspiration from boots worn by off-duty British Army officers while stationed in Egypt during World War II. — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026 By 1920, the group would raise $5 million from the American public, build 36 camp library buildings, and distribute more than 10 million books and magazines to soldiers stationed at 5,000 locations across the United States and Europe. — April White, JSTOR Daily, 23 Sep. 2026
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  • The board currently consists of five representatives from Friends of the Underline and four members appointed by Miami-Dade County.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Bolsonaro supporters have since portrayed Moraes as an ally of Lula, although he was not appointed by Lula and does not belong to his party.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
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  • Months later, DeSantis vetoed all US$4 million in budget requests by county lawmakers and placed the county under a state DOGE audit.
    — Liv Coleman, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The screen will be placed on top of the arm, which connects to a round base with perforated speaker holes.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Stationed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stationed. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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