1
as in situated
to arrange something in a certain spot or position
he carefully placed the flowers in a vase
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2
as in classified
to arrange or assign according to type
I'd place those cyclists in the advanced group for the training ride
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as in estimated
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement
I'd place that as roughly the third largest house in the neighborhood
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as in ranked
to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes
placed second in the competition
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as in appointed
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty
placed the recent college grad in the company's research and development division
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as in introduced
to present or bring forward for discussion
once again the issue of recurrent vandalism at the high school was placed before the town council
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as in employed
to provide with a paying job
most of the trainees at the TV station are placed in clerical positions
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Recent Examples of placed
Crews have been seen unloading equipment from trucks this week — much of it covered or obscured — and barricades have been placed near the perimeter of the arena.
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Meriam Bouarrouj,
NBC news,
4 July 2026
An employee with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, has been placed under administrative leave after being arrested for allegedly driving under the influence.
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Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
4 July 2026
At the Signers’ Hall exhibit in Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center, the Dickinson statue is placed apart in a corner, sculpted in a contemplative pose.
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Hillel Italie,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2026
In the experiment, the team placed inert test munitions and decoys across the seafloor around Broad Key, a research island in the northern Florida Keys.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
3 July 2026
After a fire burns down the family’s home and turns their lives upside down, her children are placed in foster care.
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
3 July 2026
Raymond said investigators have placed Berezovk at the scene of the bombing.
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Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
3 July 2026
With minimal pressure placed on the ball, there was barely a misplaced pass.
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
28 June 2026
Dustin Struckman, a deputy with the Nicollet County Sheriff's Office who was also involved in the incident, have both been placed on critical incident leave.
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Frankie McLister,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
Meriam Bouarrouj,
NBC news,
4 July 2026
An employee with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, has been placed under administrative leave after being arrested for allegedly driving under the influence.
—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
4 July 2026
At the Signers’ Hall exhibit in Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center, the Dickinson statue is placed apart in a corner, sculpted in a contemplative pose.
—
Hillel Italie,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2026
In the experiment, the team placed inert test munitions and decoys across the seafloor around Broad Key, a research island in the northern Florida Keys.
—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
3 July 2026
After a fire burns down the family’s home and turns their lives upside down, her children are placed in foster care.
—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
3 July 2026
Raymond said investigators have placed Berezovk at the scene of the bombing.
—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
3 July 2026
With minimal pressure placed on the ball, there was barely a misplaced pass.
—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
28 June 2026
Dustin Struckman, a deputy with the Nicollet County Sheriff's Office who was also involved in the incident, have both been placed on critical incident leave.
—
Frankie McLister,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for placed
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It’s situated in downtown Sarasota near Sarasota Bay, putting you close to an array of restaurants and attractions like The Bay park and Selby Gardens.
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This ancient Greco-Roman library was situated near Pompeii, just 11 miles from the base of Mount Vesuvius.
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Even in Caracas, where only five buildings collapsed, Rodríguez said at least 30 additional structures have already been classified as unsafe.
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Royalties and license fees are classified as ordinary income under the tax code, taxed at the same rates as wages, not the preferential long-term capital gains rates that apply to appreciated assets held over a year.
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The population of bears statewide is estimated to be about 19,000 and is managed through regulated hunting to reduce the risk of more frequent human-bear conflicts.
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India’s religious and spiritual economy was estimated at roughly $58 billion in 2025, and is projected to grow steadily over the next decade.
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MoneyLion ranked the nation's 50 most affluent suburbs by household income, as measured in the 2024 American Community Survey.
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Sherman’s March, which won the Grand Jury prize at the 1986 Sundance Film Festival, was ranked as one of the highest-grossing documentary films of all time until the mid-1990s.
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After the independence resolution was proposed, in June 1776, Congress appointed the Committee of Five (John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman) to draft the Declaration.
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And then there’s coach Mohamed Ouahbi – only appointed in March this year but who had been well established within the national team set-up – who has quickly made his stylistic mark.
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On Monday, the Mavericks formally introduced May as their new head coach; it was announced last week, but May met with the media on Monday along with team president of basketball operations, Masai Ujiri.
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Four years later, Israel was effectively ejected from the Asian Football Confederation following a resolution introduced by Kuwait that passed 17 to 13, with six abstentions.
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As of Monday, Blue was no longer employed at the McDonald’s, and is being held at the Broward County Jail without bond, per NBC Miami.
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First, that Netanyahu will once again rely on the anti-Arab rhetoric that his party has employed for years.
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In addition to the fear of deportation, the ruling puts thousands of immigrants at risk of losing their work authorization and their jobs, according to a Haitian-American journalist.
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That lawsuit, in part, accuses City Attorney Miko Brown of pushing airport officials to investigate a charter airline's safety record -- not because of genuine safety concerns, but to create legal cover for a city council vote that put $90 million in federal grant money at risk.
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