deploy

verb

Definition of deploynext
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. — 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 See All Example Sentences for deploy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deploy
  1. station
  2. position
  3. locate
  4. install
  5. plant
Verb
  • The aforementioned ensemble will be stationed in primetime on Saturdays and Sundays.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Libra’s ruler, Venus, will also station direct in Pisces on the same day, bringing a sigh of relief and significant revelations.
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Definition of station
Verb
  • The basin, meant to collect stormwater and prevent flooding, drew opposition as it was positioned alongside the school’s playground.
    — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Ambitious Democrats are positioning themselves to seek their party’s 2028 presidential nomination.
    — David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of position
Verb
  • The following year, authorities asked the public to help locate him, and prosecutors say his crime was delivering a pound of meth to another person for an incarcerated gang member.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Moreover, a lot of NASA's key science centers are located in Democratic-leaning states such as California, Maryland, and New York, which do not have a lot of power in the current Congress.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of locate
Verb
  • The wall-mount toilet is easy to install.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 12 Apr. 2025
  • This system is much easier to install than the sewage ejector pump and pit.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 12 Apr. 2025
Definition of install
Verb
  • 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
  • James’ timber and forestry operation, based in New Brunswick, has planted more than a billion trees since 1957.
    — Roy Canivel, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Definition of plant

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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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