promotions

noun

plural of promotion
as in advancements
a raising or a state of being raised to a higher rank or position after 10 years at the company he was rewarded with a promotion to vice president

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Recent Examples of promotions Since retaking the pitch in 2018-19, Belenenses has clawed its way back to relevance, winning five consecutive promotions. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 22 Oct. 2026 After years grinding on the independent circuit, competing across multiple promotions and even landing in WWE, the beloved wrestling stalwart found a home in All Elite Wrestling. — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2026 Holiday promotions may offer opportunities to save, although there’s no guarantee the product will return to its original price. — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026 Track promotions, raises and key assignments by work pattern, gender and parental status. — Gleb Tsipursky, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026 Those challenges run the gamut from softness in end-of-cycle-shoe product lines to too many promotions. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026 Our billing engine team then turned each component into a rule that specified the amount, timing and trigger condition, such as waiving the enrollment fee when a customer upgraded within the promotions window. — Kashif Saleem, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 But if the other two deals look more enticing, don't worry—this deal stacks with both the Simplicity Plan and myPlan promotions above. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 20 Oct. 2026 Candidate endorsements, party promotions and active campaigning will be prohibited. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for promotions
  1. advancements
  2. ascents
  3. upgrades
  4. rises
  5. creations
Noun
  • Police said that new evidence in the case, as well as advancements in forensic technology, led to the arrest, though some of the exact details were not provided.
    — News Editor, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • For Wildwood, many of the advancements came down to materials.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of advancements
Noun
  • In May, two Indian climbers died on Mount Everest during a record-breaking period of ascents via Nepal's southern route.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Dinner is more convivial; patients plan trips to nearby towns or ascents of local hills together.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of ascents
Noun
  • Communities should not shoulder the costs of water infrastructure, interconnection and transmission upgrades.
    — Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The department also announced up to $50 million last week for transmission upgrades in Virginia and West Virginia, citing April’s grid determination.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of upgrades
Noun
  • Behavioral science research shows that when change is imposed from above, employees push back productivity drops, and resentment rises.
    — Deborah Lovich, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Support for Mercedes-Benz drops, and for home fields rises, among coaches outside metro Atlanta.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of rises
Noun
  • Multimorphic offers a free software development kit (SDK) that lets community members design and distribute their own table creations for the P3 system.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Black public figures mingle with slave forts and the most vaunted creations of high art.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of creations

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“Promotions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promotions. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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