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  • verb Present participle of place.
  • noun The action of the verb to place
  • noun The condition of being placed
  • noun The position of a competitor at the end of a race

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Examples

  • Now "voice placing" depends primarily on correct _vowel placing_, which in turn depends on proper adjustment of the resonators, which again depends chiefly on the positions and motions of the organs of articulation.

    Resonance in Singing and Speaking

  • These men, however, working in the great yards, eating their meals near them in an irregular and restless way, form clubs and associations which lead not seldom to strikes — blunders which we call placing ourselves _en

    A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France

  • Both games sold more than double any other title placing on the list.

    Gadgets Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha

  • Rex, while it's true that the Pullman de Morelos website is a bit unusual in placing the DESTINO menu to the left of the ORIGEN menu on its schedules search page, it does say, for today, for example, in the search results;

    Cuernavaca

  • Rex, while it's true that the Pullman de Morelos website is a bit unusual in placing the DESTINO menu to the left of the ORIGEN menu on its schedules search page, it does say, for today, for example, in the search results;

    Cuernavaca

  • MY is fundamentally wrong in placing his faith in the sort of monetary policies that brought us into the mess and have been redoubled in trying to fix it.

    Matthew Yglesias » The ECB’s Complacency

  • Wars he joined other VFW members in placing U.S. flags along downtown streets.

    Heroes or Villains?

  • Rex, while it's true that the Pullman de Morelos website is a bit unusual in placing the DESTINO menu to the left of the ORIGEN menu on its schedules search page, it does say, for today, for example, in the search results;

    Cuernavaca

  • "There are also risks involved in placing the [casing] so we have to evaluate all the elements to make the final decision," Mr. Golborne said.

    In Chile, Drill Is Set To Reach Miners

  • For securities firms, being a top-ranked bookrunner tends to attract more business, not only in placing deals but in secondary market trading.

    Wall Street Grabs for Stock Deals

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