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
These innate-like T cells demonstrated a swift and comprehensive defense against a broad spectrum of pathogens, functioning as if they were deploying inherent mechanisms.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024
He said the additional four combat-ready, battalion-size units, which typically have several hundred troops each, were deploying in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2022
Opposed to him the men of the construction force, generaled by the young engineer in brown duck and buttoned leggings, were deploying cautiously to surround him.
From The Quickening by E. M. Ashe
