deploy
verb (used with object)
to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line.
were deploying
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past progressiveof deploy.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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OpenAI employees reportedly realized they were deploying a lot of valuable computing power—and torching a lot of cash—to get very little in turn.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said police were deploying extra security to synagogues across the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
Forces were deploying "all of our capabilities in response to what has happened" and were working closely with security services to ensure we have a "full intelligence picture", he added.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025
Mr. Witty said that as of Wednesday, all of UnitedHealth’s “external-facing systems” were deploying that form of authentication.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2024
I had scarcely made these reflections when two battalions on the right set off on the road, with the artillery, toward Sombref, where the Uhlans and Prussian cavalry were deploying in front of our dragoons.
From Waterloo A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 by Erckmann-Chatrian
