situating

verb

present participle of situate
as in placing
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 situating That means tracking everything from shipping to unboxing to situating it in our bedrooms. — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 24 June 2026 Much of the film’s success, however, derives not from the twists and turns of plot but from simply situating the viewer in the disquieting vibe of this bizarre place. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026 This ornament, situating them as something between a throw pillow and a hand muff, shrouds the thick-boned fore- and hindquarters that give them a characteristic rolling gait. — Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026 It is known that walls absorb the day’s heat and radiate it to adjacent plants at night, an important microclimate consideration when situating frost-sensitive plants. — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 27 May 2026 The Houthis are the latest group backed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to join the conflict, situating themselves alongside Hezbollah, which is based in Lebanon. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2026 The company has presented its work through exhibitions and design collaborations, situating itself at the intersection of marine innovation and material research rather than as a traditional textile mill. — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 26 Feb. 2026 His students had collectively decided to set the play in eighteen-nineties Butte, making the court of Duke Frederick the house of a silver-mining magnate and situating the Forest of Arden in the Absarokas. — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 Richardson does a good job of situating the fledgling Rolling Stone on the cultural landscape of San Francisco that bracketed the Summer of Love (1967, the year the magazine launched). — James Sullivan, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for situating
  1. placing
  2. putting
  3. positioning
  4. locating
Verb
  • Lawrence natives have held watch parties for all of Team Algeria’s games in downtown Lawrence, as well as various rallies for Algeria’s fans, with downtown stores placing Team Algeria jerseys in display windows.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
  • Amazon challenged that assumption by proving consumers valued faster delivery enough to justify placing inventory in more locations, before ultimately regionalizing its fulfillment network.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 2 July 2026
Definition of placing
Verb
  • Belgium was on the front foot from the start, taking six shots and putting two on target in the first eight minutes before going ahead on De Ketelaere’s first goal in the ninth minute.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • A week later, the TPUSA board unanimously voted to install Erika as their new chief executive, putting her at the forefront of his advocacy efforts.
    — Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
Definition of putting
Verb
  • That footprint suggests the company is positioning itself not as a niche design house, but as a serious domestic AI computing player.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
  • As Metabulin advances toward commercialization, the company is positioning its work at the intersection of scientific discovery and practical application.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of positioning
Verb
  • The utility said around noon that crews are in the process of locating valves to get water pumping again, but repairs might take 12-16 hours.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
  • Friends who tried locating Chase were said to have been concerned about her living situation in recent years.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026
Definition of locating

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“Situating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/situating. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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