emplaced

verb

past tense of emplace
as in situated
to arrange something in a certain spot or position the plan is to emplace more guns on the ridge north of the camp

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Recent Examples of emplaced The order affects several thousand engineers, scientists and technicians across every NASA center, and strips away long-standing union rights that were emplaced to protect more than half the agency's workforce. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emplaced
  1. situated
  2. placed
  3. put
  4. positioned
  5. located
  6. deposited
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  • Equally spiritual to the Aṉangu, and just as ancient, is Kata Tjuṯa, another giant rock formation and the other headlining attraction of Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park, which is situated some 30 miles away by road.
    — Elizabeth Warkentin, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026
  • As a result, Bischof recommended utilities, beyond AEP, like DTE Energy (DTE), Alliant Energy (LNT), and Evergy (EVRG), as companies situated in regions where there is a strong alignment between regulators and communities over the data center boom.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of situated
Verb
  • One officer has been placed on administrative leave while an internal investigation continues.
    — Marissa Armas, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The Cultural Heritage Protection Unit of the Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, found the works in an apartment in Parma; nine Moldovan nationals have since been placed under investigation.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of placed
Verb
  • Willy Adames and Rafael Devers singled to start the fourth against Melton, putting runners at the corners.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • As one University of Helsinki scholar of Chinese political economy put it, stablecoins can circulate beyond regulatory oversight, interfere with capital account management and complicate the central bank's control over settlement.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of put
Verb
  • Griffin allowed the Kia to pass, then positioned his patrol car behind it to pull over the driver.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Miller is now positioned to face Democrat Brian Poindexter in November in a district that had been considered reliably Republican, as the GOP fights to preserve its narrow House majority.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of positioned
Verb
  • Also added during the renovation, open for lunch, and located under a shade tarp on deck, is the Star Grill.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The power company said the attack resulted in outages across the southern parts of the city, which is located about 47 kilometers (about 30 miles) west of the capital Tripoli.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of located
Verb
  • The customer used the card to purchase high-dollar gift cards and then entered a PIN into the system for cash, falsely indicating the card had deposited $4,302 into the system, police said.
    — Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The federal indictment indicates that on or about the date the overpayment was deposited, Cherfilus-McCormick sent her brother a text message with a screenshot of the account’s $5 million balance.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of deposited

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