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placement

[plays-muhnt] / ˈpleɪs mənt /
NOUN
installation
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Their placement suggested that Neanderthals may have repeatedly returned to a particular part of the cave to bury their dead.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

New Jersey’s law, also passed this year, bars landlords from prohibiting balcony solar while requiring tenants to provide notice and adhere to “reasonable restrictions” on panel size and placement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The painting’s newfound eye-level placement increases intimacy, but intimacy isn’t always synonymous with access.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Jasmine said she enjoyed her placement working on logo designs at web design and development agency Readysalted.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

He did have one good foster placement, with the Mallon family in Indiana.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

More disturbing are the annual Tarbell fellowships: “10 weeks of intensive AI journalism fundamentals training” and then “9 month placements at a newsroom.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

If the answer is a private-equity or asset-management firm, ask how much of the general account sits in private placements and loans to affiliates.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Amy's story comes as foster carer numbers fall and demand for placements grows.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Nevertheless, the pattern offers a possible explanation for why apparently similar electrode placements can produce different results.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Valerie Jarrett helped me arrange placements in the mayor’s office and the city health department, where Allies would work on a neighborhood-based childhood immunization project.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama


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