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
Add the flexible component and panel placement, plus the extensive radiator sport, and mix that all together.
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Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
Its placement in the rankings highlights how coastal areas of China invest in large-scale infrastructure to support their dense urban and industrial clusters.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
The law also continues other redesign programs through 2030—such as those featuring prominent American women and youth sports—while specifically granting flexibility around inscriptions and the placement of elements for the semiquincentennial issue.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
This Mercurial placement is often suspicious of others, leading us to proceed cautiously when trusting others.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 3 Oct. 2025
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Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
Its placement in the rankings highlights how coastal areas of China invest in large-scale infrastructure to support their dense urban and industrial clusters.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
The law also continues other redesign programs through 2030—such as those featuring prominent American women and youth sports—while specifically granting flexibility around inscriptions and the placement of elements for the semiquincentennial issue.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
This Mercurial placement is often suspicious of others, leading us to proceed cautiously when trusting others.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for placement
Noun
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This story was edited by general assignment editor Carol Ritchie and managing editor Vickie Walton-James.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
8 Oct. 2025
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While on assignment, CIA Case Officer Erica Ambler (Biel) suffers a devastating injury, waking up without her memories in custody at a supermax prison for the world’s deadliest spies.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Samberg will be out of commission for the first 6-8 weeks because of injury.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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During that time, more than sixty-seven thousand Palestinians have been killed, and more than a hundred and sixty-nine thousand have been injured; a United Nations commission recently described Israel’s actions as genocide.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Hundreds of thousands of the paper’s readers abandoned it last year when Bezos decided not to endorse in the presidential election and to overhaul the opinion section.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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From coverage of the Tennessee Three expulsion votes to the mayoral election and local development, we are deeply invested in the stories that shape our region.—
Nashville Tennessean,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Placement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placement. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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