as in stationed
to place in a particular position
The commander deployed additional troops to the region this morning.
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Recent Examples of deployed
An emergency medicine physician was also deployed to the Milligan University campus to assist with on-site triage and coordination of care.
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Trump had threatened strikes against Iran following Tehran’s violent crackdown on protestors and earlier this week deployed a naval task force including aircraft carriers to the region.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2026
Officers deployed a drone and began attempts to take the man into custody, according to the release.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
The group raised billions across its first two sports funds—fund three is in the works—and deployed much of that capital into sports franchises and sports-adjacent business.
—Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Details of the pact New START, signed in 2010 by then-President Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, restricted each side to no more than 1,550 nuclear warheads on no more than 700 missiles and bombers — deployed and ready for use.
—Vladimir Isachenkov, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
It was also recently deployed in Lake Tahoe in the United States, cutting two-hour journeys to 30 minutes.
—Stefan Ionescu
february 04, New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2026
Some officers then deployed pepper balls, dispersing the crowd.
—Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026
Trump this week deployed border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota after this month’s fatal shootings of protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, undermining Noem’s leadership of her department.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 30 Jan. 2026
Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Trump had threatened strikes against Iran following Tehran’s violent crackdown on protestors and earlier this week deployed a naval task force including aircraft carriers to the region.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2026
Officers deployed a drone and began attempts to take the man into custody, according to the release.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
The group raised billions across its first two sports funds—fund three is in the works—and deployed much of that capital into sports franchises and sports-adjacent business.
—Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Details of the pact New START, signed in 2010 by then-President Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, restricted each side to no more than 1,550 nuclear warheads on no more than 700 missiles and bombers — deployed and ready for use.
—Vladimir Isachenkov, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
It was also recently deployed in Lake Tahoe in the United States, cutting two-hour journeys to 30 minutes.
—Stefan Ionescu
february 04, New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2026
Some officers then deployed pepper balls, dispersing the crowd.
—Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026
Trump this week deployed border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota after this month’s fatal shootings of protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, undermining Noem’s leadership of her department.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deployed
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Researchers believe her father was potentially a British soldier, James Entwistle, who was stationed nearby and died not long after her birth.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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Holmes also plans to place an indoor porch similar to the one stationed at the Southwest Fifth Street location in downtown Des Moines.—
F. Amanda Tugade,
Des Moines Register,
13 Feb. 2026
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The output is positioned as fully evaluated, auditable transactions categorized into regular hours, overtime tiers, premiums, and exceptions aligned with the applicable framework for each worker.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
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Because New England is positioned at the tail end of the national pipeline network, its residents pay a premium for the gas needed to heat their homes and produce electricity.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
9 Feb. 2026
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In addition, about 100 Palestinian security officers located in Egypt when the war broke out received security training there, according to a European diplomat who did not have permission to brief the media and spoke on condition of anonymity.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
13 Feb. 2026
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Since 2020, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation has invested $41 million into the ThriveOn King building, grants to neighborhood nonprofits and small business loans to entrepreneurs located in the corridor, according to Jeremy Podolski, a spokesperson for the foundation.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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