How to Use placement in a Sentence

placement

noun
  • The agency has overseen the placement of hundreds of children in loving homes.
  • The director tried several different camera placements for the scene.
  • There is help for job placement as well.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Our hands weren’t in the right placements.
    Chase Gemes, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
  • What does the placement of the clock's hands mean?
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Tiff has one of the lower placements out here.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Tiff has one of the lower placements out here.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The creator is no longer just a placement.
    Anastasia Shtompel, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • More piecemeal placement may be in the works.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Well who needs a stent placement and an and aspirin and statin?
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Here are the four best practices for heat vents and item placement.
    Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The placement varies by model and year.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Button and port placement have not changed.
    PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Button and port placement have not changed.
    PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
  • That song needs way more prominence and placement than what you guys used it for.
    Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 July 2024
  • The top media placement from that event came from E!
    Alison Bringé, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Ball placement has to be better for Beck.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The flat top is suited for cup placement to keep your cuppa warm.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Poor placement can damage the tree or even lead to its removal.
    Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Viewers may be tempted to join and trade based on that placement.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The deal includes signage placements on the drag strip and oval tracks.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Playlist placement flips the equation.
    Sam Saideman, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Not every placement needs to be loud or trending.
    Becca Brazil, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2026
  • That’s quite the placement for a tune that was released almost a decade ago.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The fact that this footage exists at all comes down to timing and placement.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Reeve-Raab adds that the school has a 99% job placement rate.
    Carole Horst, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The final close-up is reason enough for the film's placement on this list.
    Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
  • At the moment, this part of the team is just in charge of the terrain placement.
    Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Once the request has been made, the group votes on whether to approve the placement.
    Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Though, growing onions from seeds can be tricky with placement and spacing in the soil.
    Lauren David, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2025

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