placed

past tense of place
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as in estimated
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement I'd place that as roughly the third largest house in the neighborhood

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as in ranked
to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes placed second in the competition

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Recent Examples of placed Due to a lack of regulatory oversight, the reports were inconsistent and were little more than marketing materials to be placed on a company’s website. Jon McGowan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 But Ong’s business practices were placed under the microscope after his ties with Iswaran led to the worst graft scandal in the financial hub for decades. Low De Wei and Bernadette Toh / Bloomberg, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024 With only traffic counting cameras placed at the scene, there was no surveillance footage of what happened. Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024 Focus was also placed on risk factors relating to climate change and environmental impacts. Jon McGowan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 This burgeoning interest has placed seaweed squarely on many founders' radars, prompting them to delve deep into R&D, including extensive testing, iterating and sampling. Andi Cross, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 Pictures of President Calvin Coolidge and first lady Grace Coolidge show them being sworn in as meeting the criteria for Massachusetts absentee voting in 1924 and sitting at a small wooden table picturesquely placed on the White House South Lawn. Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024 But in actuality, each character is bumping up against the limits placed on them by potent forces beyond their reach. Zachary Siegel, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • The five-star beachfront property is situated on an iconic stretch of South Beach, providing the perfect winter getaway.
    Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2024
  • By the show’s end, Bree moves away from the mystery state Wisteria Lane is situated in, taking up residence in Kentucky.
    Jemal Polson, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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  • It was classified as dance/electronic and won.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
  • When pericarditis recurs more than four weeks after the first flare has stopped, it is classified as recurrent pericarditis, or RP.
    Carol Schram, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • The city has estimated the cost of replacing all lead service lines on both public and private property at nearly $800 million.
    Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The program would be estimated to cost over $140 billion if enacted.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • The superintendent is appointed by the county’s elected, seven-member board of education.
    Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • After Mahan vacated the District 10 seat two years ago, the City Council appointed Batra over a slew of candidates that included Casey.
    Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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  • The Bipartisan Immigration Bill introduced in 2024 was too little, too late.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Collins has introduced several changes meant to monetize the business, including subscriptions, organized live events, and bringing back physical copies of the paper and its television parody, the Onion News Network.
    Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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  • For the Spanish-language Dracula, Universal employed a different director, actors and crew to work at night on the same sets — and in many of the same costumes — that were used during the day for the Tod Browning version that made Bela Lugosi a legend.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Later in 2019, the woman claims that she was physically dominated and raped by Brooks while employed for an event.
    Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • But while Wicked puts a revisionist spin on the earliest Ozian tale, the story's connection to its original source material remains integral to its appeal.
    Megan McCluskey, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Rather than addressing these critical issues with real change to their algorithms and design features, Snap continues to put profits over protecting children.
    Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 22 Nov. 2024
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  • The top 10 were all white men (shocker), but four Black billionaires made the list this year, too.
    Zoya Hasan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The discovery was made by an anonymous treasure hunter who had successfully solved the complex puzzles the hunt’s creator set out.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024

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“Placed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placed. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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