REPOSITIONED Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

repositioned

verb

past tense of reposition

as in relocated

to change the place or position of she repositioned the wood before taking another swing with the ax

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Recent Examples of repositioned If the show is now being repositioned as just for people who are fresh out of design school or who have made just one or two gowns before (like, cough, our beloved Jude), then say that. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026 With his glove arm repositioned, Kremer is throwing from a higher arm angle. — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026 Motu Tane near Bora Bora offers a good example of how these personal retreats are being repositioned. — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 While the bed was drenched in blood, the bathroom had little blood, police said, adding that blood patterns in the bathroom further indicated Lindsey’s body had been repositioned. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026 After the evaluation was completed and the cableway carriage was safely repositioned, visitor access to Hoover Dam reopened on July 31. — Carly Sauvageau, USA Today, 31 July 2026 The ones now thriving repositioned around what stayed scarce. — François Candelon, Fortune, 24 July 2026 The camera cannot be tilted or repositioned, although the creators say that the wide field of view compensates for that factor. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 13 July 2026 Now, with the recent release of the MPC One G2, MPC Live III Retro, and MPC Key 37 G2, Akai has repositioned itself as a conduit between producers and musicians of all ages, with products built for the past, present, and future. — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 30 June 2026

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Mining activity beneath the old center has required large parts of Kiruna to be relocated.

— David Nikel, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Food spoiled during the outage, and the family temporarily relocated to Lucky’s mother’s home.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of relocated

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But Boone removed him from the lineup before the top of the fourth, shifting José Caballero to shortstop and bringing in Amed Rosario to play third base.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
That arrest came roughly one-and-a-half-years removed from Cleveland being arrested for DUI.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of removed

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Cameron moved up to the division earlier this year and defeated Michaela Kotaskova by unanimous decision in April to claim the vacant WBO title and become a two-weight world champion.

— Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Ragged, jagged or fluffy edges point to a Bristol Type 6 stool, meaning waste moved through the colon too fast for water to be absorbed properly.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of moved

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The Cook Political Report recently shifted Texas into its toss-up category, from a race considered to lean Republican.

— Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2026
From their second year onward, the prizes shifted their focus to unusual but authentic research, both in response to criticism and to establish greater credibility.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of shifted

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Instead, detectives say the group used falsified invoices and documents and transferred cash into personal bank accounts.

— Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Defense lawyers have argued that the CIA’s treatment of Mohammed undermined the voluntariness of his later statements to the FBI, even though those interrogations took place after he was transferred to Guantanamo Bay.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026

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