placements

plural of placement

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of placements Eminem fills three spaces on the tally, tying Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd and Tyler, the Creator for the second-most placements this frame. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Those placements are increasingly valuable as demand in certain healthcare fields outpaces the supply of available medical personnel. Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 Grand Slam events have updated commercial regulations to more clearly distinguish athletic equipment from luxury marketing placements, reflecting how valuable athlete visibility has become for fashion brands. Nethumi Kannangara, Sportico.com, 15 July 2026 Jerrell hopes the initiative will exceed the goals Hamilton presented, which includes 75 credentials earned, 50 high-wage job placements and 80% of families completing FAFSA in its first year. Laura Horne, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026 Some of these placements are simply down to necessity; undersea cables are the only practical way to link continents with high-bandwidth data, and pipelines often have no viable overland route. New Atlas, 5 July 2026 Founded in 1776, America, too, has a birth chart of its own, and while many astrologers still debate the nation’s exact time of birth (or which moment officially counts as the beginning), America’s planetary placements are eerily accurate. Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026 The alternating placements of the piles/objects are very precise, which creates a series of chicanes, indicating they are not intended as obstructions but rather to prevent rapid ingress and egress by any vehicle toward the tunnels. Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026 The second half of 2026 is going to be wild — and the people who win it will be the ones who moved while everyone else was still arguing about playlist placements. Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 3 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for placements
Noun
  • Review pay equity across the full employee lifecycle The gap builds through merit increases, high-visibility assignments, and who gets moved into leadership.
    Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • League assignments are final and may not be changed except at The Athletic’s sole discretion.
    The Athletic, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Noun
  • That process typically starts before agencies submit proposals to the commissions, though not in the case of the fencing (or the arch, which was already approved by one commission).
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 16 July 2026
  • The show questions whether Munch’s public commissions celebrated workers or simply created an appealing image for industry.
    George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • Former elections liaison Dallas Woodhouse resigned earlier this month following reporting on those communications.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
  • Heavy losses suffered by Labour in a midterm set of local elections in May prompted many lawmakers to demand Starmer's resignation.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026

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“Placements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placements. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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