as in job
a duty that is given to a person; a post to which someone is appointed
A destination as department chair was her reward for years of dedicated service.
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Recent Examples of destination
The activists expect to take seven days to get to their destination, if they are not stopped.
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Giada Zampano, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
The flight continued to its destination after its stop in Seattle and landed in Houston without further incident.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2025
If driving through fog becomes inevitable, remember these safety guidelines:
Moderate your speed:
Slow down and allocate extra travel time to reach your destination safely.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 31 May 2025
If a storm is near IA or a destination airport, passengers should contact the airline about flight status and future arrangements.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for destination
Giada Zampano, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
The flight continued to its destination after its stop in Seattle and landed in Houston without further incident.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2025
If driving through fog becomes inevitable, remember these safety guidelines:
Moderate your speed:
Slow down and allocate extra travel time to reach your destination safely.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 31 May 2025
If a storm is near IA or a destination airport, passengers should contact the airline about flight status and future arrangements.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for destination
Recent Examples of Synonyms for destination
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In 2024, sports tourism generated $114.4 billion in the United States and supported nearly 665,000 jobs, according to a study from Sports ETA—but upcoming major soccer tournaments are expected to boost those numbers for 2025 and 2026.—
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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The front camera did a fine job of taking this selfie of my dog in low light.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
5 June 2025
Noun
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The adults-only Lake Austin Spa Resort takes full advantage of its position on the water reservoir, created by a dam on the Colorado River.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
7 June 2025
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Prior to Friday’s game, Leasure had done a great job limiting runners in scoring position (RISP).—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
7 June 2025
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That’s life, and that something that also drove our artistic choices to a heartwarming visual style, retaining proximity with our main character throughout her ups and downs that also manifest in the film’s palette.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
8 June 2025
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This is a game of choices — difficult ones, at that — in which tasks range from finding your wife and offering gifts to friends, to speaking with a skeleton who can see through time and dethroning God.—
Matt Gardner,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Their selection always includes highly sophisticated and distinctive films that have broadened my cinematic horizons.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
30 May 2025
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Those statistics make for an almost unanimous selection into the Hall of Fame and that could very well be the case when Trout's time comes.—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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Gaga also scored Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for her performance in the film.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
7 June 2025
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Her other Broadway credits include The Apple Tree in 2006, Promises, Promises in 2010 and On the Twentieth Century in 2015, which earned her a third Tony Award nomination.—
Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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Michigan is often regarded as a key swing state in the presidential race—with close margins in the past election and 15 electoral votes up for grabs.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
29 May 2025
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Looking ahead in the final days South Korea’s election law bans the release of public poll results during the six days leading up to an election.—
Jong Eun Lee,
The Conversation,
29 May 2025
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Terrorist designation, travel ban Last month, Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated some of Haiti’s most powerful gangs as global and foreign terrorists, a label that was welcomed by some Haitians, though others now see as having devastating consequences after President’s Trump travel ban.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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Texas Wesleyan then asked the zoning commission to remove the house’s historic designation, which had been in place since 1990, according to previous Star-Telegram coverage.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 June 2025
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The Cybertruck is to this design consensus what the current political regime is to liberal democracy: an attempt to demolish the status quo, with nothing to offer in its place but aggression and regression.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Lollapalooza, which began in 1991, notably became the Woodstock for Gen X-ers, Naiman said, a place for community and a diverse set of music.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
1 June 2025
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“Destination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destination. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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