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situate

[sich-oo-eyt, sich-oo-it, -eyt] / ˈsɪtʃ uˌeɪt, ˈsɪtʃ u ɪt, -ˌeɪt /


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Ms. Penny has no peer in her ability to situate the lives of sympathetic characters within such elaborate and thrilling storylines.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

His arguments to the Supreme Court, according to CNN, attempted to situate the issue as one that would impact both his "legal exposure" and that of all future presidents.

From Salon Mar. 20, 2024

This question of how to situate our time in the narrative arc of Earth history has thrust the rarefied world of geological timekeepers into an unfamiliar limelight.

From Seattle Times Mar. 9, 2024

So far, there is little evidence to explain how negative emotion impacts the when: our ability to situate a sequence of memories along a timeline.

From Science Daily Jan. 18, 2024

Kendra folded the letter and slipped it hack into the envelope, trying to situate it as she had found it.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

It also situates Noguchi within the wide constellation of collaborators who shaped his interdisciplinary practice—Marcel Breuer, Alexey Brodovitch, Louis Kahn, Isamu Kenmochi, George Nelson and the companies Alcoa, Knoll and Zenith.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

This is where Fabio Parasecoli, a professor of food studies and a native Roman, situates Italian comfort food not as indulgence, but as memory and necessity.

From Salon Jan. 24, 2026

“Anniversary” situates a nonthreatening woman as the vessel for such evil, even as Liz’s male host, Josh, starts to embody the most extreme outcomes of what she has set in motion.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 31, 2025

In a separate article in The Hindustan Times newspaper, Mr Jacob also situates the recent talks between Delhi and Beijing in a broader frame: the trilateral interplay of India, China and Russia.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2025

She situates me in front of the mirror on the back of her door.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

The central argument of “Democracy Matters,” situated in a single, capacious, airy gallery, is largely unassailable: that our democracy has always been aspirational—a work in progress too often undercut by U.S. laws and practices.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

"We count 18 individuals with wealth situated between $50 and $100 billion and a further 19 with assets above $100 billion, 15 of which are based in the United States," said UBS.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

Multi-storey buildings have collapsed across the city, which is situated to the north of Venezuela's capital, Caracas.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

I wondered how that situated you to live and work among artistic types.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

It is no accident that Thomas More, writing Utopia in 1615, situated his exemplary nation in the Americas.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

But it’s worth taking stock of Musk’s sentiment on its own, and situating it within his behavior on the international stage over the past few weeks.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2024

But in characterizing originalism as a “trap” and situating it historically, Dennie's analysis cuts deeper into the harm caused by originalist doctrine, without sacrificing nuance, rigor or scope.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2024

At 95 minutes, there’s an efficiency to the storytelling as well as the craft, the tight edit by Richard Mettler and Colin Patton situating the audience well and keeping the information spare but clear.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 19, 2024

People of this community manage their flow by situating themselves over a gap in the slatted floors of their homes, free-bleeding onto the lush forest greenery below.

From National Geographic Nov. 29, 2023

And then I burrow into the blankets, situating the ice against my throbbing knee, a tight breath hissing between my teeth.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day




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