deployment
Americannoun
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the act of moving something or someone into a strategic position or a position of readiness, or the condition of being in such a position.
Delays in the deployment of armored vehicles and body armor can cost lives on the front lines.
Our team is highly experienced in the design, development, and deployment of customized IT solutions for healthcare facilities.
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the state of being assigned for duty away from home, especially for military purposes.
Encouragement and support are essential to help returning veterans handle the long-term impacts of deployment and reintegration into a nonmilitary daily routine.
Community health workers on deployment are assisting in disaster recovery.
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a period of time during which a person or group is assigned for duty away from home, especially for military purposes.
She is a helicopter pilot on her second deployment to Afghanistan.
Other Word Forms
- counterdeployment noun
Etymology
Origin of deployment
First recorded in 1775–85; deploy ( def. ) + -ment ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Tesla produced 50,000 more cars than sold, increasing inventory, and battery storage deployment fell to 8.8 GWh.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
“For those that are not in the Navy, that’s an extraordinary thing to even think about something of that kind of deployment length,” Chief of Naval Operations Adm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Authorities say the deployment, set to run for a year, is aimed at restoring order to crime-ridden areas, but critics warn that using the military in civilian policing rarely delivers lasting results.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
The deployment of hundreds of thousands of young men to the battlefield in Ukraine over the last four years has only aggravated the problem.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
He asked the general whose job it was to schedule the deployment of troops if the president had changed his mind.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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