How to Use deploy in a Sentence

deploy

verb
  • The troops were deployed for battle.
  • The boat's sails were not fully deployed.
  • Equipment and supplies have been deployed across the country.
  • Two scientists were deployed to study the problem.
  • The parachute failed to deploy properly.
  • Both campaigns are deploying volunteers to the cities to encourage people to vote.
  • They plan to deploy more American soldiers over the next six months.
  • He deploys several arguments to prove his point.
  • Wait several seconds before deploying the parachute.
  • China’s space agency aims to deploy lunar landers and rovers and to build a research station on the moon.
    Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Added on top of this are social divides between those who stayed, including deploying to the frontlines, and those who left the country.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
  • If a power company can store electricity in off-peak hours and deploy it when demand is at its highest, there is a profit to be made.
    James Osborne, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Dec. 2022
  • To patch the holes in their invisibility cloak, glass frogs deploy a radical option.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Options allow investors to deploy less cash to bet on bitcoin’s price movements, rather than buying a portion of bitcoin itself.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Plus, shutting down the conversation won’t stop all governments or even private companies from deciding to deploy it.
    Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • As one of college football's biggest rivalries brawled after a heated game, police deployed pepper spray, hitting players on both sides, plus other personnel on the field.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 30 Nov. 2024
  • And by relying on a visual, the tool eliminates the need for translation across countries and cultures, allowing even international companies to deploy it at scale.
    Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The car rolled over and airbags deployed, the NPS said.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The steering wheel jerked to the right, then to the left, and the airbags deployed seconds before the car jumped the curb and slammed into the business.
    Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The thrusters are retractable and take about four seconds to deploy.
    Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2023
  • When pressed, the Corvette E-Ray’s power is prodigious, and the car has plenty of grip to deploy it.
    Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The company hopes to deploy the cars in Dallas by the summer.
    Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
  • That meant DeSantis was deploying his stump speech for the first time — and the second, and the third, and more.
    Isabelle Schmeler, NBC News, 5 June 2023
  • In a January 2017 crash, her air bag did not deploy, and her seat belt didn’t lock.
    Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2024
  • Use native site building tools, or deploy JavaScript, Python, and more to build your own.
    Stackcommerce Team, PCMAG, 4 Sep. 2023
  • If the Las Vegas test is a success, it may be deployed to more airports in the future.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2023
  • When the suspect still refused to exit, the K-9, a Dutch shepherd named Rex, was deployed.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
  • That's exactly what happens to a race car when a drag chute—a small parachute that comes out of the back—is deployed.
    Rhett Allain, WIRED, 7 July 2023
  • In all, San Diego Fire-Rescue had 32 members deployed on the mission.
    Karen Kucher, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Mayor Meghan George said this was the first time the fire department had to deploy swift-water rescue to I-90.
    John Benson, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023

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