placements

plural of placement

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of placements Minor hits tend to keep earning money, either from streaming or from placements in film, series, or advertising. Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2026 Early placements have ranged from Laufey and Clairo to Ethel Cain and Omar Apollo. Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026 Notably, less than a month prior, YouTube views on music videos stopped counting toward Billboard chart placements. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2026 Media placements still matter, but no single article can contain or steer a modern corporate narrative. Julia Ruttner, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Such strategic placements will depend on the right terms being struck between cities, venues and World Rugby. Adam Crafton, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026 Federal auditors and court rulings have spotlighted LAHSA’s financial and data weaknesses, prompting a nationwide search for new overseers of the region’s federal homeless funding, data systems and housing placements. David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 The placements are auctioned to the highest bidder for each keyword. Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026 For example, in 2011 Wisconsin decided that decisions about layoff procedures, class sizes and teacher placements should belong to the employer. David Griffith, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for placements
Noun
  • As part of the course, students can use AI models for help on assignments but have to upload transcripts of their prompts and the AI’s responses.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Jones’ system is multiple but predicated largely on Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores’ high-press scheme, with plenty of pre-snap disguises, overloaded fronts and interchangeable assignments.
    Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Nine states already use nonpartisan commissions to draw congressional district lines but those provisions have limits.
    Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • And the '99 bubble also happened with corporate tax rates at 35% against 21% now, and with retail-brokerage firms charging $15 commissions per trade.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The political costs will be calculated in November’s midterm congressional elections, with Republicans facing increasing headwinds from the war’s unpopularity.
    Ben Finley, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Two state elections in Germany will mark another test for Chancellor Friedrich Merz after the far-right AfD party gained its first-ever victory in a regional vote last weekend.
    Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026

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“Placements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placements. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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