well-placed
adjective
: appropriately or advantageously directed or positioned
well-placed informants
well-placed trust
a well-placed blow
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Certainly, private insurers don't seem to be well-placed to be able to do it.
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Felix Salmon, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
Harris was savvy — and well-placed — to lock up the nomination before rivals entered the ring.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 7 Sep. 2024
The planet will be well-placed for a few weeks around the exact moment of opposition, according to StarWalk.
—Diana Leyva, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2024
If other parties heed Scholz’s call to shun the AfD, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) – the mainstream center-right party projected to come first in Saxony and second in Thuringia – would be well-placed to benefit.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 2 Sep. 2024
As perhaps the dominant Chinese player in the fitness tracking space, Amazfit should be well-placed to jump aboard the trend, but the Helio smart ring feels like a work in progress.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 12 Aug. 2024
The 3-panel hood is neither too roomy nor too tight, and the thumbholes seem well-placed, even for my particularly long arms.
—Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 6 July 2024
The nation of Alan Turing, Alexander Graham Bell, and Tim Berners-Lee seems well-placed to produce the next inventor to change the world.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 27 June 2024
Fred Richard and Khoi Young finished behind Malone at the US Championships and seem well-placed to make the team.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 27 June 2024
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Felix Salmon, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
Harris was savvy — and well-placed — to lock up the nomination before rivals entered the ring.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 7 Sep. 2024
The planet will be well-placed for a few weeks around the exact moment of opposition, according to StarWalk.
—Diana Leyva, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2024
If other parties heed Scholz’s call to shun the AfD, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) – the mainstream center-right party projected to come first in Saxony and second in Thuringia – would be well-placed to benefit.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 2 Sep. 2024
As perhaps the dominant Chinese player in the fitness tracking space, Amazfit should be well-placed to jump aboard the trend, but the Helio smart ring feels like a work in progress.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 12 Aug. 2024
The 3-panel hood is neither too roomy nor too tight, and the thumbholes seem well-placed, even for my particularly long arms.
—Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 6 July 2024
The nation of Alan Turing, Alexander Graham Bell, and Tim Berners-Lee seems well-placed to produce the next inventor to change the world.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 27 June 2024
Fred Richard and Khoi Young finished behind Malone at the US Championships and seem well-placed to make the team.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 27 June 2024
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“Well-placed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well-placed. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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