as in assignments
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 placements
This has been recently reinforced with key placements on celebrities both in sync with the brand’s ethos and more unexpected names.
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Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 17 Feb. 2026
Training physicians takes years, and limits on residency slots and clinical placements can slow the pipeline even when interest in health care careers is high.
—Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Whereas slalom, giant slalom and super-G courses change from race to race, downhill courses tend to stay the same with identical gate placements.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
But there were always more eligible kids than seats, and final placements were mostly determined by lottery.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
When people with disabilities live in the community with appropriate supports, the state avoids far more expensive emergency care, institutional placements, and hospital stays.
—Fay Lenz, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2026
The result is faster placements, better outcomes, and lives stabilized, not displaced.
—Jeffrey Ginsburg, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2026
Mamdani said 1,400 placements have been made into shelters and safe havens.
—Christina Fan, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
By synchronizing and instantly analyzing multi-camera perspectives, visual AI can dramatically improve both the speed and reliability of these spot placements.
—Jason Corso, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 17 Feb. 2026
Training physicians takes years, and limits on residency slots and clinical placements can slow the pipeline even when interest in health care careers is high.
—Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Whereas slalom, giant slalom and super-G courses change from race to race, downhill courses tend to stay the same with identical gate placements.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
But there were always more eligible kids than seats, and final placements were mostly determined by lottery.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
When people with disabilities live in the community with appropriate supports, the state avoids far more expensive emergency care, institutional placements, and hospital stays.
—Fay Lenz, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2026
The result is faster placements, better outcomes, and lives stabilized, not displaced.
—Jeffrey Ginsburg, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2026
Mamdani said 1,400 placements have been made into shelters and safe havens.
—Christina Fan, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
By synchronizing and instantly analyzing multi-camera perspectives, visual AI can dramatically improve both the speed and reliability of these spot placements.
—Jason Corso, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for placements
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Families would be notified March 13 with affected students receiving new school assignments by May 1.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Rebelein is hoping the board can move forward with another important job, making committee assignments, even if they’re still deadlocked 3-3.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
11 Feb. 2026
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In one complaint cited by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a gold dealer and custodian allegedly charged nearly $150,000 in fees and commissions on a $300,000 gold IRA rollover.—
Jessica Walrack,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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Insurance companies plan to meet the lower premium cost requirement in Nevada by cutting broker fees and commissions, which prompted opposition from insurance brokers in the state.—
Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez,
NPR,
18 Feb. 2026
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Budapest has hosted several annual iterations of the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, and another was hastily rescheduled this year to fall in March, just before Hungary's elections.—
MATTHEW LEE,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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But Democratic Party Chair Kardal Coleman has said this was an unnecessary change already causing confusion and strain on the elections department as the parties needed extra time to finalize separate polling locations.—
Tracey McManus,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Placements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placements. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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