situated

verb

Definition of situatednext
past tense of situate
as in placed
to arrange something in a certain spot or position the new industrial complex is situated near the highway

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Recent Examples of situated Border police operate a checkpoint at the Himalayan port, situated more than 1800 meters above sea level. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026 The property is situated on a lot spanning 5,400 square feet. — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 However, there is only one entity that can remedy that and ensure that all student athletes who are similarly situated are treated the same. — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026 Records show the house, completed in 2022 and situated on a hillside parcel close to half an acre, was made available for rent at least twice between August 2025 and March 2026 but was never leased. — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2026 The nest is attractively situated, as any raptor realtor would point out. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026 Penelope, too, is asked to occupy a landscape that frightens her, not only as a neurodivergent child in a neurotypical culture, but as a child now situated in an adult world. — Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2026 Philadelphia is the only city of the three finalists to be situated in a major swing state. — Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 And local bands curated by Chris Nukala from Cal Skate played a small stage situated near the mini ramp just feet away from the stage where their own heroes, like Basement and Hot Mulligan, would headline. — Michelle Bruton, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for situated
  1. placed
  2. located
  3. positioned
  4. put
  5. deposited
Verb
  • Few have placed bigger bets than Blackstone on the AI revolution, which demands massive funding for large language models and the data centers and energy infrastructure that power them.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The illusion of molten steel was basically water and mineral oil mixed with a little powdered sugar; creative lighting and heaters placed below the cameras—plus a few CGI sparks in the background—did the rest.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of placed
Verb
  • Gyirong county, where the border port is located, has a permanent population of less than 20,000.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
  • For example, the group’s Parkway MediCentre, which is located in Singapore’s Woodleigh district, offers chronic disease management services and consultations with dermatology and obstetrics and gynaecology specialists.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of located
Verb
  • But the most decisive evidence came from the customers best positioned to know.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Steven Tian and Stephen Henriques, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026
  • With new coaches also taking over at Auburn, Arkansas, Florida and Kentucky, no first-year coach may be better positioned than Golding to succeed immediately.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of positioned
Verb
  • Costco is an awkward exhibit for putting shareholder-value maximization in the driver’s seat.
    — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Espada is paid to put it in favorable positions, even when few seem to exist.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of put
Verb
  • Jeanie may view walking away as losing something that can’t be replaced by any amount deposited into a bank account.
    — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Unlike other volatile urinary odors that quickly change once they are deposited on an object, these evaporate more slowly.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of deposited

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“Situated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/situated. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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