placements

plural of placement

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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
  • It’s being shaped on Main Street, in town councils and utility commissions across America.
    Melody Birmingham, Fortune, 23 July 2026
  • Already, dozens of state legislatures or utility commissions have moved to put in place requirements that data centers pay the cost of their electricity, including new power plants or transmission system upgrades.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Noun
  • Sheinbaum has said that little evidence has emerged to substantiate claims of cartels interfering with elections, and noted that a state-level electoral tribunal ratified Rocha’s win in Sinaloa, after examining reports of irregularities.
    Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • The resignation marks the second time this year Anson County has lost an elections director, leaving the office without permanent leadership as preparations continue for this fall’s elections.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 25 July 2026

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“Placements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placements. Accessed 26 Jul. 2026.

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