appointment
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Synonyms
assignment, commission, designation
Antonyms
discharge, dismissal, dismission, expulsion, firing
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Depending on the type and your location, the actual intrauterine device can cost around $1,000 without insurance, and that doesn’t include the cost of the insertion and follow-up appointment. — Korin Miller, SELF, "When Is It OK to Get Your IUD Removed?," 12 Mar. 2019 That's how my skin looks without a single drop of base makeup, in the middle of a particularly sweaty day running to and from appointments in New York. — Glamour, "This Bobbi Brown Foundation Stick Makes My Face Look Instantly Poreless," 8 Mar. 2019 But actually understanding intersectionality requires going back to the work of the woman who coined the term: Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, a law professor with dual appointments at Columbia and UCLA. — Zack Beauchamp, Vox, "The 9 thinkers who made sense of 2018’s chaos," 27 Dec. 2018 Conservative judicial advocates say the judicial appointments are correcting the leftward tilt of the bench. — CBS News, "Man on a mission: Mitch McConnell's effort to reshape the courts," 7 July 2018 Once, for example, Helen's nanny had to go to a doctor's appointment, so Erin decorated that day with her baby on her hip. — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, "'Home Town' Stars Erin and Ben Napier Reveal Why They Rarely Show Their Baby on TV," 28 Jan. 2019 That’s $60 an appointment about once a month—also at Wynn. — Quinta Brunson, Glamour, "I Spend $2,116 on My Beauty Routine, But Only $12 on My Skin," 2 Jan. 2019 Tip #1: Cover Unwanted Grays In Seconds With Instant, Easy Color There's nothing worse than gray hairs popping up in-between salon appointments. — Redbook, "How to Look Like You Just Left the Salon," 27 Nov. 2018 Typical Singer Porsche 911 restorations with lush appointments range from about 2,800 to 3,000 pounds (1,270-1,360kg). — Eric Tegler, Ars Technica, "Working on this Singer 911 restoration “turns” Williams F1 engineers," 24 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'appointment.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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