station
noun
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
has stationed
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present perfectof station (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Tehran has stationed contingents of the Revolutionary Guards' naval forces there, which in 2025 deployed new missile systems capable of targeting nearby "enemy bases, ships and equipment", Iranian media reported at the time.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
The Pentagon, meanwhile, has stationed nearly a quarter of the U.S. naval fleet in the Caribbean since the summer, in what Trump has referred to as a “massive armada” without precedent in the region.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025
The Navy has stationed multiple ships in the Red Sea since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024
Germany has stationed two Patriot units in Slovakia and three in Poland.
From Reuters ● May 26, 2023
Along with this chosen body of heavy-armed infantry, and to support it in the line, the right honorable gentleman has stationed his corps of black cavalry.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
