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- verb Present participle of
situate .
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Examples
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It is possible that Hindki developed as a local appellation or compound of Hindu and Khattri. 57 Gankovsky and other Russian and Soviet scholars are unequivocal in situating Shikarpuris in the early Durrani polity.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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By which I mean that the idea of situating a grand "hanging gardens", or beautiful parkland, above an otherwise ugly and gritty city is not a bad one.
Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege 2009
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First of all, the idea of situating a management institute in remote areas cut off from civilisation needs to be examined.
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Whatever "situating" involved, it took twenty minutes.
Break No Bones Reichs, Kathy 2006
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When building and "situating" the enclosure you should use dark colors.
unknown title 2009
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Several years before his conversion, Wilberforce had been elected to Parliament, ideally situating him to lead the fight to change the laws.
Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011
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Equally daunting is the challenge of situating Jewish culture, of grounding it in a particular context, especially these days when everything's up for grabs.
Jenna Weissman Joselit: What Is Jewish Culture? Jenna Weissman Joselit 2012
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Equally daunting is the challenge of situating Jewish culture, of grounding it in a particular context, especially these days when everything's up for grabs.
Jenna Weissman Joselit: What Is Jewish Culture? Jenna Weissman Joselit 2012
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This year I planned on being more prepared for mother nature, packing a storm jacket and situating our party's blanket close to an exit path, as to avoid the inevitable stampede out of the park.
Big Girls, Small Kitchen: Indoor Picnic Eggplant Sandwiches Big Girls 2010
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"Black Orpheus," Marcel Camus's retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, put bossa nova on the map by situating it in a Rio de Janeiro chockablock with singers and samba dancers at carnival time.
'Boxing Gym': A Bout With Human Nature Joe Morgenstern 2010
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