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 My wife has a file of World War II letters written by her father that provide a weekly account of his adventures as an Army air traffic controller stationed in India. — Gary Barron, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026 Police were stationed at his house in Kuala Lumpur early Friday and the road leading to his home was blocked. — ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026 Nearly 3,100 are stationed in the city now, up slightly from last month. — Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026 The first phase began on Monday with 2,100 personnel from units already stationed in Jakarta. — Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026 Bloomington, Indiana, police; Indiana State Police; and Indiana University police had set up a safety plan, and there were more than 20 officers stationed on Kirkwood Avenue at the time of the shooting, the mayor said. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026 My 16-year-old daughter Missy, in order to avoid the inevitable hug, stationed herself on the far side of the dining room table but Helen, not to be denied, rounded the table with arms outstretched. — R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2026 Officials posted abroad wishing to defect must dexterously evade state security officials stationed alongside them and come to peace with the fact that loved ones back home will surely be punished. — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026 Reinhart, stationed to the left of the net, took a pass from Carter Verhaeghe and had all kinds of time as no Jets approached him. — Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stationed
Verb
  • And many of those were initially appointed to the board by Johnson, who stridently supported Dominguez for president.
    — David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Paul appointed and elevated bishops who shared a vision that the church could help empower the poor and alleviate oppression.
    — Eben Levey, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Event staff subsequently placed the humanoid on a stretcher and carried it down the mountain.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
  • In Liu’s view, the pirate leader defies nearly every stereotype historically placed on Asian women in storytelling.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026

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“Stationed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stationed. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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