Thesaurus results for DEPLOYS

deploys

verb

present tense third-person singular of deploy

as in stations

to place in a particular position The commander deployed additional troops to the region this morning.

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Recent Examples of deploys If the finance team introduces an agent to approve invoices or a sales team deploys one to communicate with customers, those owners remain responsible for the outcomes. — Tony Grout, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Meaning in Bulgarian is often expressed through different verb tenses, whereas English deploys its more robust vocabulary. — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 With him is Jaime Castaneda, a longtime manager, trusted counterman and one of the secret weapons Langer deploys to ensure the deli’s famous pastrami is hand-cut with speed and precision. — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026 Ebicos Those who don't mind a permanent camper installation might prefer the simplicity of the Happy Dreamer Electric, which deploys and retracts with a single push of a button. — New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026 MagNav deploys an ultra-sensitive quantum sensor to measure local variations in the Earth’s magnetic field. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026 No smooth state-of-the-art romp, their vision deploys basic power tools, life-or-death desperation and unstoppable adrenaline. — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026 Heath pilots a fighter jet, deploys bombs in foreign countries, and thwarts cyberattacks, all after remarkably cursory and casual conversations with a government official. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026 The new open-air 849 Testarossa Spider brings a folding aluminum top that deploys in 14 seconds at a penalty of 199 pounds. — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2026

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Dubbed the Velvet Gang, the trio snatches the overpriced, often monochromatic fashion threads designed by Christie Smith (Demi Moore, in a performance of comedic genius), a pretentious piece of work who stations herself in a leaning building (wink, win to San Francisco there).

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
Instead, Boston stations him away from the basketball, the keeper of the weak side, free to flick away passes, kill screening actions with switches and, somehow, block shots.

— Fred Katz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026

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It is funded through the Job Development Investment Grant program, which directs a portion of a JDIG award to the account when a company locates or expands in a Tier 2 or Tier 3 county.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026
Peng’s wardrobe consistently locates her within China, drawing on domestic design and recognizable elements of Chinese dress.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026

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Seyfried’s involvement in the doc summits in its beguiling final sequence, which positions Fielder and Seyfried as two sides of a conversation about what kind of person Holmes is.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026
Soapy, salacious and steamy romance stories might have popularized the microdrama format globally, but the first episode of The Agency positions the series as an office comedy with quick cuts and wink-wink lines and visuals.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

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Once Mooney plants the seed of his joke about how unhappy white Americans seemed after slavery the later images of Confederate memorial groups and white crowds at lynchings take on a surreal resonance.

— Beandrea July, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
Mungiu craftily plants the seed of this crisis in his opening shot, set in the aftermath of a stinging act of parental discipline.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026

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This makes your role clear and situates it in the context of goals everyone cares about.

— Melody Wilding, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
The murkiness of it all clarifies by the end of the film, not just in terms of its heroes, villains and message, but Greengrass also situates this story within a recognizable cinematic and storytelling history.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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