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 Van Wissen and Lupker hope to expand the service to such fashionable cities as London, New York, Milan and Los Angeles, and are eyeing emerging destinations like Turkey and Morocco, too. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026 But our city and traffic plans should always include options to walk, bike and roll to destinations, in addition to more use of public transit. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 4 Oct. 2026 Over the past year, an all-American-style diner serving Italian-American dishes became one of the most viral dining destinations in Paris. — CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026 Its sumptuous stores across the country became destinations in their own right. — Rachel Felder, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2026 Outpost also plans reusable returns, precision landings, and flexibility in landing destinations, giving customers a potential route from initial experiments to larger manufacturing operations. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026 Luxor is not your only option Luxor will be one of the headline destinations. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2026 Nonstop flight destinations offered by Southwest in Kansas City include Boston; Montego Bay, Jamaica; Norfolk, Virgina; San Francisco and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026 Celebrity regulars including Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce and Sabrina Carpenter and hard-to-get reservations have helped make The Corner Store one of New York City's hottest restaurant destinations. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 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

Specifically at Mercy Medical Center, the statement said, there are twice as many open full-time positions for the 16 full-time RNs being impacted, and that across Prime’s Illinois hospitals, there are 331 openings, including 11 in obstetrics.

— Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
There could be intense competition for backup minutes with logjams at multiple positions.

— Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 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

That’s very much present in both our opening and closing night selections, but also across the whole program.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Led by conductor Simon Holland, the combined orchestra and choir perform a set of 19 pieces, including some of the most famous musical selections of all time.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 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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