as in to station
to place in a particular position
The commander deployed additional troops to the region this morning.
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Recent Examples of deploy
System sensitivity can also be further enhanced by deploying an array of receiver cells.
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Paul Lipman, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Family of 3 missing after leaving Grand Canyon and driving through winter storm
Aerial and underwater drones, shoreline searchers and boats with sonar capabilities were also deployed for the search, police said.
—Megan Forrester, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2025
But when he was deployed to Vietnam at 18, everything changed.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2025
Driving the news: Dunwoody is the latest law enforcement agency in metro Atlanta to deploy drones that can fly to emergencies and gather intel faster than officers can drive through suburban gridlock.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
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Paul Lipman, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Family of 3 missing after leaving Grand Canyon and driving through winter storm
Aerial and underwater drones, shoreline searchers and boats with sonar capabilities were also deployed for the search, police said.
—Megan Forrester, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2025
But when he was deployed to Vietnam at 18, everything changed.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2025
Driving the news: Dunwoody is the latest law enforcement agency in metro Atlanta to deploy drones that can fly to emergencies and gather intel faster than officers can drive through suburban gridlock.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
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Fifteen years after her husband’s drowning in the nearby bay, Tressilian’s days are spent in a cranky routine: grumbling over the obscene resort stationed on the opposite bluff, reading London’s gossip columns, and summoning the household help with the insistent ringing of a bedroom call bell.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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There were vendors offering dessert, beer, wine, spirits, caramel corn, root beer floats, olive oil and pecans from Krazy 4 Nutz of Yuba City, which were particularly fragrant along the aisle of vendors stationed near the event entrance.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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Modi’s high-profile involvement underscores the Indian government’s strategic vision of positioning the country as both a content juggernaut and technological leader in entertainment.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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In the federal election scheduled for April 28, Conservatives and Liberals are battling to position themselves as the tougher anti-Trump alternative.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
28 Mar. 2025
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One of the German Shepherds was found near Arakawa in the bathroom and the other was located outside.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2025
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Two suspects were located hiding nearby, in possession of burglary tools, and admitted to burglarizing the vehicle.—
Anne Gelhaus,
The Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2025
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The wall-mount toilet is easy to install.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
12 Apr. 2025
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This system is much easier to install than the sewage ejector pump and pit.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
12 Apr. 2025
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Nearly two decades before U.S. President Donald Trump eyed the strategic value of Greenland for the U.S., Russian explorers planted their country's flag on the seabed 14,000 feet below the North Pole.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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They were planted around a century ago, when the circus tycoon John Ringling and his wife, Mable, took up residence in their sprawling new winter estate in Sarasota, Florida.—
Thao Thai,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Deploy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deploy. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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