as in job
a duty that is given to a person; a post to which someone is appointed
A destination as department chair was her reward for years of dedicated service.
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Recent Examples of destination
The biggest college football recruit in Tennessee for the class of 2025 has picked his destination.
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Tom Kreager, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
About 107 million travelers — or 90%— are expected to be driving to their destinations, which is 2.5 million more than last year.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
West Virginia State is looking like his destination, at least for now, but some new test scores could lead to a different outcome.
—Chris Hays, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
Here are 11 of the most affordable ski destinations around the U.S.
Without a doubt, skiing in the U.S. has become very expensive.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2024
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Tom Kreager, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
About 107 million travelers — or 90%— are expected to be driving to their destinations, which is 2.5 million more than last year.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
West Virginia State is looking like his destination, at least for now, but some new test scores could lead to a different outcome.
—Chris Hays, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
Here are 11 of the most affordable ski destinations around the U.S.
Without a doubt, skiing in the U.S. has become very expensive.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for destination
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The main character claims Hamlet…and then loses his job.Chloe Schama, Vogue, 25 Dec. 2024
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The job required strong management skills to oversee officials in the NBA, the WNBA, the G-League and its African leagues.Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Lake said her future political plans involve her new position at VOA.Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Dec. 2024
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The liquidation of such positions often triggers a cascading effect leading to a price crash.Trefis Team, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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The narrow definition of who the competition was meant merging two competitors in a market posed a bigger risk to consumers of less choice and potentially higher prices.Alexander Coolidge, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Trade groups have also emphasized concern with the choice.Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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The arrival of Nikola Milenkovic in the summer has strengthened the defensive line, and consistent selection in the back four has helped.Ahmed Walid, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
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Half of voters are pleased with Trump’s selections, and more approve of his agenda that his Cabinet picks will be in charge of.Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Dec. 2024
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LeMahieu is not saying when the Senate may vote on Hyun’s nomination, or how that vote may go.Benjamin Yount | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement At the heart of the fighting is the Democratic Party’s demand that Han approve the assembly’s nominations of three new justices to restore the court’s full nine-member bench ahead of its ruling on Yoon’s impeachment.Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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The suit -- which names the newspaper's parent company, Gannett; its former pollster J. Ann Selzer; and her polling firm -- centers on a Selzer poll released three days before the presidential election that showed Trump trailing Vice President Kamala Harris.Elahe Izadi, arkansasonline.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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Trump was convicted in Manhattan on May 30 of 34 counts of falsifying business records in order to conceal a conspiracy to unlawfully interfere in the 2016 presidential election through a scheme involving hush money paid to Daniels.Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Although the bald eagle has historically been believed to be the country’s official bird, sitting on the front of the Great Seal since 1782, and despite some government departments touting its status as the national bird in official documents, the bird has never received the designation.Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Dec. 2024
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In 1975, the station was added to the National Register of Historic Places, but the designation didn’t bring the terminal back to life—that would take another half a century of stops, starts and Ford largesse, just in the nick of time.Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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New York City, like Ohio and Philadelphia, is another place that was slammed early by fentanyl.Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
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Though Bobbi Brown’s Long-Wear Cream Shadow Stick collection features a large, 29-count shade range, each color in its lineup has a place in just about anyone’s makeup routine.Sarah Han, Allure, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Destination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destination. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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