well-placed
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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And the “SVU” star balanced her sincerity and well-placed zingers to set the tone for the evening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Analyst Brian Morrison says Linamar, Magna International and Martinrea are well-placed in the current environment, despite some trade uncertainty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Shares of Super Micro’s server rival Dell jumped 3.8% in Monday’s trading and could be well-placed to capitalize on the chip-smuggling scandal.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
The book wasn’t written so much as it was built by a prominent ghostwriter, a cadre of well-placed friends and colleagues, and a publishing industry that’s made billions of dollars from trauma memoirs by women.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
It’s the way civilized man now encumbers his territory, not with great walls or stretches of wire but with a single well-placed device, a neat bundling with the workings of a mind.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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