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 The vehicles can separate and regroup to route freight toward different destinations without requiring the same conventional coupling arrangements. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026 The hot springs, which are accessed via a 17-mile roundtrip hike near Aspen, are one of the area’s most popular destinations. — The Aspen Times, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026 One of Vollmann’s hallmarks as a writer and journalist has been his willingness to travel to out-of-the ordinary destinations,such as Cuba and Afghanistan. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2026 Systemwide, American operates more than 6,000 daily flights to over 350 destinations across 60+ countries, serving more than 200 million customers annually. — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2026 The company manages and leases 25 million square feet of space, ranging from large urban mixed-use destinations to lifestyle, community and open-air centers, either built from the ground up or purchased. — David Moin, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 Differentiation corresponds to the branching of a valley, and the final destinations are the mature cell types of the body. — Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026 Combatting online shopping and post-pandemic in-person shopping, China's malls have evolved into destinations in their own right. — New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2026 Its sumptuous stores across the country became destinations in their own right. — Rachel Felder, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The protection of American jobs justified the chains of bondage, or so the argument went.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Engagement is often seen as a metric about sentiment that can be measured and tracked, but is treated as something employees bring—or fail to bring—to their jobs.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of jobs

Noun

Two Filipinos must fill above-the-line roles – director, writer or actor – and five more must work in key creative or technical crew positions.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Verstappen has called on Red Bull to sort out an issue which led to him losing positions at the start in Malaysia and in Saturday's sprint.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of positions

Noun

Chief Justice John Roberts gave the Federal Communications Commission a temporary win on Thursday in its legal battle over who is entitled to favorable advertising rates in the closing weeks of the costly and hotly contested midterm elections.

— Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
Filmmakers clearly have big tech on their minds, especially AI, which is everywhere in the national conversation heading into the mid-term elections.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of elections

Noun

Curatorial platform Contre-courants has partnered with François-Xavier Durandy to launch the initiative, which will take its selections to venues around the country.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Both of us get five selections from the same odds board, with a maximum price of -120.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of selections

Noun

Advertisement The following day, in a public conversation moderated by renowned journalist Christiane Amanpour, President Nataša Pirc Musar of Slovenia, former Irish President Mary Robinson and I reflected on the choices before humanity.

— Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Those findings may help developers evaluate design choices and build stronger technical cases for future projects.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 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

The program is different from places like The Golden Scoop, an ice cream shop in Overland Park that employs adults with disabilities over longer terms, according to Morgan.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
For Sacramento-area fans of the Valkyries and women’s sports, there are several places to gather and cheer on the team.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026

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