stationed

verb

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 The first-stage booster for this mission made its 30th trip to space with a recovery landing downrange on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas stationed in the Atlantic. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2026 The United States has about 28,500 forces stationed in South Korea to bolster the country's defenses — a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War that ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty. — CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 And despite Flock framing its tools as harmless license plate scanners, its cameras are often spotted stationed over residential and community areas — and even swimming pools. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 20 Aug. 2026 Her mother, Becky Mitchell, an Army veteran, was stationed there. — Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2026 The newspaper has been reporting about the military steadily since World War II, to an audience mainly of service members stationed overseas. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 But others take issue with her premise the exercises are unnecessary, arguing that scaling them back puts US forces –– almost 30,000 of them stationed in South Korea and over 50,000 more in nearby Japan –– in a more dangerous situation. — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026 The tool can also help when an officer normally stationed elsewhere, such as a traffic officer familiar with every violation and statute related to that role, ends up near the beach and needs to confirm certain rules. — Laurie Mermet, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2026 Would that mean federal agents stationed around polling places—election suppression with a badge? — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stationed
  1. appointed
  2. placed
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  • In 2023, at age 38, he had been appointed to a professorship in sociology of education at the University of Cambridge, becoming the youngest Black professor in the institution’s 800-year history.
    — Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Glasner sought the advice of former Forest midfielder Andy Reid — who has been appointed as the head of football development this summer — to ask which of the young players were ready to be involved in Portugal.
    — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of appointed
Verb
  • That has taken the costly burden of insurance risk and physical danger of Iranian attacks away from commercial shippers and placed it on the US government and the oil producers themselves.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Where Nick Woltemade fits into how Jaissle wants to play is unclear and his compatriot has proven to be an early question mark, while even Joelinton will not be easily placed within this formation.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of placed

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“Stationed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stationed. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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