EMPLACED Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

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 Once emplaced, a ground sensor is also fixed to the set location. — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 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

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One of the three walk-in closets is situated in the very large bedroom, and the bathroom has been given a spa makeover with a marble shower.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 5 Oct. 2026
The site is situated on the island of Lismore and is believed to have been founded by Saint Mo Luóc, an early Christian saint also known as Moluag.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of situated

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Back then there were no refrigerators — there were iceboxes, and glasses were placed upside down inside them to cool before being filled with ice cream.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
Health authorities in Kenya have placed the country's border points on high alert and are monitoring for possible additional cases.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of placed

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Human intervention is part of the strategy Nucleus has not positioned teleoperation simply as a temporary workaround until its robots become fully autonomous.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
The wealthiest 10% of households hold more than 87% of equities, meaning the households already owning most of the market were positioned to capture most of those gains.

— Katica Roy, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of positioned

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Nothing to worry about, though, as the hotel is located in a neighborhood packed with restaurants and bars of all sorts.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
It is located near the town of Doğubayazıt, just a few miles from the Iranian border.

— Eric Vanden Eykel, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026

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At one point in the official music video, Rock appears to be bathed in a holy light and raptured up to heaven, only to be deposited back on stage in his Tupac T-shirt fronting a rock band featuring a gospel choir.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026
When the quantum of color deposited by the brush diminishes, and grows lighter, its essence as paint applied by brush reveals itself.

— Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

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