5 collocation exercises on deployment and release verbs.
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The team plans to ___ the new feature on Friday afternoon, outside peak traffic hours.
To deploy a feature means to push it into the live environment where users will access it. Deploy is the foundational release verb, behind "deployment pipeline" and "production deploy." Install refers to software installation on a local machine, and put out and start up are too informal. Engineers say "deploy to prod," so deploy the feature is the correct collocation for releasing new code to the production environment.
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After months of development, the team is finally ready to ___ the new billing service.
To release a service means to make a versioned build available to users. Release is the standard product and engineering term, as in "software release" and "release notes." Liberate and free are entirely the wrong register, and publish out is not a real collocation. Teams say "cut a release" and "release the service," so release the service is the correct collocation for formally making a built and tested version available.
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The product team will gradually ___ the dark-launched feature to all users over the next week.
To roll out means to release a feature gradually or progressively rather than all at once. Roll out is the standard release-strategy term, as in "gradual rollout" and "rolling deployment." Push off means to delay, uncover and reveal are too visual. Engineers "roll out to 10% of users first," so roll out a feature is the correct collocation for a controlled, incremental release to the user base.
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The pipeline will automatically ___ the build to the main branch once all checks pass.
To ship code means to deliver it to production, completing the release cycle. Ship is the colloquial but widely used release verb, as in "ship features" and "ship early, ship often." Post and send along lack this technical product sense, and throw implies errors, not releases. Engineers say "we shipped it today," so ship the build is the correct, idiomatic collocation for successfully delivering code to users via the pipeline.
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The DevOps engineer will ___ the new image to production using the blue-green strategy.
To push to production means to move a build from staging or registry into the live production environment. Push to production (or "push to prod") is the standard informal collocation, as in "pushing a release to production." Throw at production, lift to production, and post to production are not real phrases. Engineers constantly say "we are pushing to prod tonight," so push to production is the correct collocation for the deployment action itself.