DESTINATIONS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

destinations

noun

plural of destination

as in jobs

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 Hoteliers could survey their guests as to their destinations, to confirm our data. — Deborah Green, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026 International airfare has also increased, particularly for popular destinations in Europe, Mexico and Central America. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026 These are year-round destinations that offer world-class art, adrenaline-pumping slopes, and family-friendly activities. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026 TeamLab is just one of many immersive art destinations coming to SoCal, as Meow Wolf will be opening a permanent exhibition in the coming months, and firms such as Hopscotch and the Museum of Ice Cream also have area exhibitions on the horizon. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 Nomad eSIM covers all of the destinations described above, with travel data packages available for individual countries as well as regional plans that work across multiple countries under a single purchase. — Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026 One of Sacramento’s most festive winter destinations, the iconic Downtown Sacramento Ice Rink, is reopening. — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026 Her pecan baklava illustrates how a recipe can combine inspiration from very different destinations to create one delicious dish. — Jesse Scott, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2026 Over time, the company has aggregated a combination of destinations, tournaments, leagues and camps, illustrating how physical facilities can anchor a broader participation business rather than function simply as real-estate assets. — Chris Russo, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Despite a strong growth forecast for the region, unemployment among the fast-growing youth population remains stubbornly high, leading to political instability and leaving the authorities looking for ways to create more jobs.

— Martin K.N Siele, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Unlike training approaches that largely depend on preparing datasets and updating models before deployment, this framework allows robots to continue learning while performing actual jobs.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of jobs

Noun

Stevens and other Michigan Democrats kept their distance from El-Sayed over his association with controversial streamer Hasan Piker and his positions on Israel.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
According to The Information, Meta has been recruiting robotics engineers in Shanghai and Shenzhen, with positions covering prototype development and preparations for potential large-scale manufacturing.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of positions

Noun

The chaos was a fitting end to one of the ugliest elections in recent years, said Paulo César de Oliveira in Correio da Manhã (Rio de Janeiro).

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 31 Oct. 2026
California voters face a crowded November ballot packed with questions on taxes, special elections and environmental rules.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of elections

Noun

Some selections were songs that informed his path to politics; others have come to his attention since spending time in the capital city.

— Lucy Gellman, Hartford Courant, 30 Oct. 2026
The nightly selections highlight how much the theater community has grown over its four decades.

— Ryan P. C. Trimble, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of selections

Noun

Enrollment has fallen, empty seats cost money, and difficult choices are unavoidable.

— Tim Lonergan, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
But Florida has decisively moved beyond an educational system dominated by a single operator — the school district — and toward a new construct where multiple operators provide choices for families.

— Thibaut Delloue, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 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

Those are places where many voters look skeptically, even scornfully, upon big cities and the people who run them.

— Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
The volumes insist that Jewish communities be remembered not solely as sites of death but as places where people lived, argued, worked and celebrated.

— Jennifer Rich, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026

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