station
noun
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
have stationed
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present perfectof station.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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For example, Harborview Medical Center and Providence Swedish, also on First Hill, have stationed metal detectors outside some entrances.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
India and China have stationed tens of thousands of soldiers backed by artillery, tanks and fighter jets along their de facto border, called the Line of Actual Control.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2022
Many have stationed police, known as school resource officers, into schools.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2021
They could have stationed enough people throughout the state to gather a real understanding of the challenges felt within our communities during the ongoing pandemic.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2020
Until one day the policeman, whom the managers of the Springs have stationed at the gates, came up to me and asked me what on earth I was doing there.
From Contemporary One-Act Plays by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
