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
What many donors don’t realize is that those charitable dollars can also be deployed into impact investments to fund entrepreneurs aligned with their values.
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Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
In the Champions League last-16 first leg against Club Brugge, Emery deployed a 4-2-4 formation, designed to bring the pace of Leon Bailey, Marcus Rashford and Ollie Watkins onto their back line and exploit the Belgian side’s man-marking system.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
For instance, the study cites a 2017 paper that estimated that one million pumps would have to be deployed annually for 10 years to thicken just 10 percent of the Arctic Ocean ice—a number that is nearly impossible to deploy, Siegert and his co-authors write.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
The company believes that combining additive manufacturing with modular solar technologies will enable satellites to be built and deployed faster, offering customers greater resilience in orbit.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
According to the team, this indicates that waving is an anti-predator behavior and strategically deployed when danger is near.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
It was first deployed to the Pacific for exercises last year in the Philippines, in a move that was also condemned by Beijing.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
The Russian attack, occurring early Wednesday morning local time, followed one of Russia’s most devastating attacks on Ukraine on Sunday, with more than 800 drones deployed in conjunction with 13 missiles, according to Ukrainian officials.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 11 Sep. 2025
Officers searched the grounds and a drone, K9s and a police air unit were deployed.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
In the Champions League last-16 first leg against Club Brugge, Emery deployed a 4-2-4 formation, designed to bring the pace of Leon Bailey, Marcus Rashford and Ollie Watkins onto their back line and exploit the Belgian side’s man-marking system.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
For instance, the study cites a 2017 paper that estimated that one million pumps would have to be deployed annually for 10 years to thicken just 10 percent of the Arctic Ocean ice—a number that is nearly impossible to deploy, Siegert and his co-authors write.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
The company believes that combining additive manufacturing with modular solar technologies will enable satellites to be built and deployed faster, offering customers greater resilience in orbit.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
According to the team, this indicates that waving is an anti-predator behavior and strategically deployed when danger is near.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
It was first deployed to the Pacific for exercises last year in the Philippines, in a move that was also condemned by Beijing.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
The Russian attack, occurring early Wednesday morning local time, followed one of Russia’s most devastating attacks on Ukraine on Sunday, with more than 800 drones deployed in conjunction with 13 missiles, according to Ukrainian officials.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 11 Sep. 2025
Officers searched the grounds and a drone, K9s and a police air unit were deployed.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deployed
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The wind and current was such that, as the plane flew over us and dropped the bales of cocaine, the cargo would theoretically stay in the general area between where I was stationed in the Mako and where our mothership was anchored.—
Martin Suarez,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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The drones—operated by the Air Force, the Marine Corps and the Navy—are stationed at Kadena Air Base.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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However, it wasn't positioned as a replacement for the Plus, but as the company exploring a new design trend.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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And if New York gets in, it is positioned to act creatively with its pitching staff, perhaps shortening up someone like Manaea (who will remain in the rotation, Mendoza said) and asking only a couple of innings from him as opposed to a traditional start.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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In a new study published in Antiquity, researchers from Cambridge and Nottingham examined a 16-feet sediment core from Aldborough in Yorkshire, an important center of metal production located at a former Roman tribal town of Brigantes.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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The epicenter was located approximately 11 miles west of Ferndale, at a depth of 10 miles.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Deployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deployed. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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