redeploy
Americanverb (used with object)
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to transfer (a unit, a person, supplies, etc.) from one theater of operations to another.
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to move or allocate to a different position, use, function, or the like; reassign.
verb (used without object)
verb
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Present
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redeploysimple
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redeployssimple
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have redeployedperfect
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has redeployedperfect
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am redeployingprogressive
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are redeployingprogressive
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is redeployingprogressive
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have been redeployingperfect progressive
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has been redeployingperfect progressive
Past
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redeployedsimple
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had redeployedperfect
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was redeployingprogressive
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were redeployingprogressive
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had been redeployingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of redeploy
Explanation
To redeploy is to send out again or reassign to a new location, the way an army at war redeploys soldiers to places where there's new fighting. A busy catering company might redeploy workers to a wedding reception that needs extra servers, and an aid agency could decide to redeploy additional doctors and nurses to a country that's suffered from earthquakes. To deploy is to move people, especially military troops. Add the "again" prefix, re-, and you're moving those troops to a new location or a new task.
Example Sentences
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In addition to what to do with the construction site, Haiken is considering how to redeploy his Polestar employees to his Volvo store.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
This frees Lodge Quai from having to fix a leaky factory roof in, say, Düsseldorf, and it allows the local company not only to optimize its expenses, but more importantly redeploy its locked-up capital.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
The White House did not respond to questions about whether any current plans exist to redeploy federalized troops to California cities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
The degradation of these systems reportedly led the US to redeploy Thaad components from South Korea to the Middle East.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
Because the harsh conditions in Iraq are wearing out equipment more quickly than anticipated, many units do not have fully functional equipment for training when they redeploy to the United States.
From The Iraq Study Group Report by Iraq Study Group (U.S.)
TD Cowen analyst David Kwan says move reaffirms “a significant re-rating as it sells its U.S. businesses and redeploys the capital into the very attractive Canadian market.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
One piece recycles cleaning mops, another redeploys a large metal tumbler from the back of a concrete truck.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
The Indian military has undergone a significant reorientation in recent years as it redeploys resources and troops once targeted toward Pakistan to confront China, its massive northern neighbor.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2021
Having used Tilda Swinton in that movie, as the suavest of bloodsuckers, he redeploys her here as a Buddha-worshipping, sword-swiping mortician named Zelda Winston.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 14, 2019
Like them, life stores and redeploys energy in series of connected actions.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2013
Well-trained and talented people can be redeployed, Dimon said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Some of those larger ships have been redeployed to other, longer routes as import-dependent countries seek to diversify supplies from the Middle East.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
They have downloaded it, debugged it and redeployed it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Ionesco’s brand of absurdism is indebted to classic French farce, which is redeployed in lunatic fashion to lampoon the nonsensical nature of human existence.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
More recently, many of these troops have been redeployed back to Burundi to deal with periodic upsurges in rebel activity.
From The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
PepsiCo anticipates retraining and redeploying some drivers to other types of work, including managing the new equipment, synchronizing the movement of people who go to the stores, or handling the unloading themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Because the drugs have already been developed and approved, redeploying them can be more straightforward than starting from scratch with new formulas.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
“The operating reality has changed, and we are redeploying capital into higher-return growth opportunities: Ford Pro, our market-leading trucks and vans, hybrids and high-margin opportunities like our new battery energy-storage business,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025
The company did not cite the reason for the earlier cuts and ended up redeploying more than 600 of the targeted workers to other positions in the company, which has nearly 100,000 employees globally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2024
The German soldiers will wrap up their operations on Friday and start redeploying from next week, the ministry said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 8, 2023
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