as in assignment
the act of assigning someone to a suitable place (such as a job or class)
Several of our students qualified for placement in the art program.
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Recent Examples of placement
Petitions collected by ineligible people or unregistered individuals who violate the 25-petition cap would not be counted toward the number of signatures required for ballot placement.
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Dara Kam, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2025
To determine the best shape and size for an end table, think about its future placement in the room.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 May 2025
The placement, it was explained, is deliberate, and establishes the late Vogue editor, who also worked alongside Diana Vreeland at the Costume Institute, as an ancestor figure.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 4 May 2025
While the team of researchers hailed the success of the telescope, the road to its construction was marked by years of protests against the placement of yet another massive device on what many native Hawaiians view as sacred land.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 3 May 2025
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Dara Kam, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2025
To determine the best shape and size for an end table, think about its future placement in the room.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 May 2025
The placement, it was explained, is deliberate, and establishes the late Vogue editor, who also worked alongside Diana Vreeland at the Costume Institute, as an ancestor figure.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 4 May 2025
While the team of researchers hailed the success of the telescope, the road to its construction was marked by years of protests against the placement of yet another massive device on what many native Hawaiians view as sacred land.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for placement
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Here’s my exact approach to helping teens quickly, painlessly complete their missing assignments.—
Cyndy Etler,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2025
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Lowder suffered the loss in both, losing his start in Arizona to Clayton Kershaw, who was on a rehab assignment for the Los Angeles Dodgers.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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The settlement elicited a crisp rebuke from Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw, a member of the commission’s Democratic minority.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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The commission’s Wildlife Conservation Committee already passed it once in January, but when their recommendation came before the full commission, members sent it back amid an uproar from farmers, ranchers and rural politicians, who said they were blindsided by it.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2025
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Why James Comey's Instagram post triggered federal response Comey was leading the FBI investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election when Trump fired him in May 2017.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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Since Republicans won control of the White House and Congress on election day, the proportion of messages sent by Qatari operatives to conservative outlets and commenters has surged to more than half of their total correspondence with the media.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
17 May 2025
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“Placement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placement. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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