placements

plural of placement

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Recent Examples of placements 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 Goldenberg said the organization evaluates success using placements, salaries, retention and cost per placement rather than broad awareness metrics. Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 To qualify, programs must meet length and time parameters (between eight and 14 weeks and between 150 and 599 instructional hours), train for an in-demand field and demonstrate earnings and job placements. Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 30 June 2026 So will the industry co-signs, the cultural placements, and the rapid acceleration of attention that followed. Datwon Thomas, VIBE.com, 25 June 2026 These placements are a critical component of professional training and often involve providing meaningful services to vulnerable populations. Luis Contreras, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for placements
Noun
  • Still, the members’ committee assignments make the trades politically sensitive.
    Luke Fountain,Justin Papp, CNBC, 3 July 2026
  • Lavon received about $518 in cryptocurrency for these assignments, according to the indictment, for a total of about $1,379.
    Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • Bonuses, commissions, incentives and state-specific rules can all change the outcome.
    Gary Galstyan, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • The company will take on additional commissions later on, once the first batch rolls out in 2027.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 8 July 2026
Noun
  • The plan to give noncitizens the right to vote in city and school board elections seemed to have momentum, until the council abruptly reversed course.
    Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
  • The truly remarkable thing about this country is its ingenious ability—through elections, immigration, freedom of speech, and economic mobility—to constantly remake itself.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026

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“Placements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placements. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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