DESTINATIONS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

destinations

noun

plural of destination

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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 destinations The weekday express service will connect Lincoln with major destinations in Roseville and the Watt/I-80 light rail station, providing connections to regional transit services. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026 What's intriguing is that both near-Earth asteroids, Bennu and Ryugu, which have been destinations for successful sample-return missions should both have very similar origins. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Sep. 2026 The prices for major international travel destinations over Christmas are also high with fares up by 23% for Mexico and Central America, and up by 15% for Europe, according to Hopper. — Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026 Hundreds of flights were canceled at Boston Logan International Airport, as were the vast majority of flights at the popular Massachusetts tourist destinations of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. — Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026 Jet2 mainly flies vacation routes from British airports to destinations around the Mediterranean, Canary Islands and Europe. — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026 It is built to link destinations that were previously difficult to reach with single-aisle jets. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026 The guide’s inspectors have swarmed new regions from South Korea to South Carolina to find the greatest dining destinations. — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2026 Spain will continue to be one of the world’s most attractive destinations for international productions. — John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Staff reductions are expected to be brutal, and with so many duplicative roles across HBO Max and Paramount+, many talented executives will lose their jobs.

— Josef Adalian, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Companies that grow around the university can create jobs and opportunities well beyond its campus.

— Michael Simas, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of jobs

Noun

And yet Sullivan bypassed All Americans at both positions (UM’s Rueben Bain and Ohio State’s Caleb Downs) to take an offensive lineman (Kadyn Proctor).

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026
He was selected in 2021 for a science and technology policy fellowship through the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which places scientists and engineers in federal government positions to help with policymaking.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of positions

Noun

Heading into the midterm elections, AI now ranks as a key issue in races that will help decide control of both chambers of Congress.

— Jeff Masonand Michael Shepard Bloomberg, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Victories by Germany’s AfD in state elections have thrown the viability of the country’s government into doubt, while France’s National Rally is the odds-on favorite to win next year’s presidential election.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of elections

Noun

Jia says the festival’s AI projects have all been exhibitions, and none of this year’s official selections were made with AI.

— Jenny S. Li, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026
Antetokounmpo has been named to five All-NBA Defensive teams (four first-team selections and one second-team selection) during his career and even won the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year award for the 2019-20 season.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of selections

Noun

Under the state's system, ballots that display voters' choices and electronic ballot images created by the scanners that read them are randomized.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
Verizon’s decision to drop Starz deprives its customers of access to a unique slate of programming that cannot be found anywhere else and leaves viewers with fewer choices.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of choices

Noun

The Democratic nominations of Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020 were consistent with the Party Decides theory, and arguably so was the very late and very fast nomination of Kamala Harris in July of 2024.

— Seth Masket, Denver Post, 9 July 2026
But Ha’s performance took me out of that, in the best way possible, and warrants a Primetime Emmy acting nod — while the show is big on nominations for below-the-line work, only Regé-Jean Page has earned an acting nomination, and that was in 2021 for Season 1.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 June 2026

Definition of nominations

Noun

Polymarket is one of the places—perhaps the only one—that question is being answered in practice.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Food, in many places all over the world, is the language of love, and what better way to experience travel than through local ingredients and dishes?

— Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026

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