situations

noun

plural of situation
1
as in statuses
position with regard to conditions and circumstances the school's situation is improving with additional financial help

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2
as in positions
an assignment at which one regularly works for pay there were the usual "situation wanted" postings in the local newspaper

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3
as in levels
the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement in earlier times people were unable to alter their situation in life, so if you were born a servant, you stayed a servant he was pleased with his situation among his peers

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Recent Examples of situations He’s gotten out of every jam so far, and has become the Mets’ favorite arm in late-inning situations with runners on base. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 29 Aug. 2026 Then there’s freshman linebacker Aydan Steen, who contributed two huge tackles in the second half in critical situations. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 The Chiefs’ offense can do its part by staying out of field-goal situations. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026 Likewise, genuine niceness should have some degree of consistency across situations and audiences. — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The BestReviews Testing Lab aims to wade through all the marketing hype and see how well products perform in real-world situations. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 By drawing on cues such as voice, facial expression, and behavioral patterns, the OlloBot OlloNi SS1 is designed to initiate interactions in certain everyday situations. — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was first published in 1876 and is all about a boy growing up along the Mississippi River in the 1840s and who is constantly getting into sticky situations. — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026 Today, Adidas Originals Japan sneakers are seen as a lifestyle shoe, worn for casual situations like running errands or grabbing a cup of coffee. — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 22 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for situations
  1. statuses
  2. positions
  3. levels
  4. deals
  5. jobs
  6. places
  7. pictures
  8. ranks
Noun
  • Rising costs of living and confusion over student loan statuses could make things even worse.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The three are to act as a collective diplomatic bloc, combining their middle-power statuses on the world stage.
    — Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of statuses
Noun
  • Those positions remain in flux and negotiations between Assembly members, state senators and Newsom are ongoing, Assembly Natural Resources Committee Chair Isaac Bryan, D-Jefferson Park, said.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The precedent for what happens when that capital moves quickly is March 2020, when a rapid unwind of leveraged positions contributed to a breakdown of Treasury-market liquidity severe enough to require Federal Reserve intervention.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of positions
Noun
  • The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite and the S&P 500 both closed at their lowest levels in nearly two weeks.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Biden raised troop levels there to about 100,000, backed by seven fighter squadrons, six destroyers, and roughly 100 nuclear gravity bombs.
    — JENNIFER KAVANAGH, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of levels
Noun
  • The last year has seen a groundswell of M&A activity focused on rare disease, and dozens of deals to purchase, license or fund new treatments for the rare community.
    — Brad Quick, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • In the lawsuit, investors alleged they were led to believe that a groundbreaking Wondermind app would be made, advertising deals would be struck, and celebrity cover stories were already underway.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of deals
Noun
  • Do artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT eliminate jobs, create new ones, or both?
    — Jeffrey C. Dixon, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The county’s Fire Department has four fire engineer jobs vacancies, and five additional firefighters are on leave.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of jobs
Noun
  • Heat index values may surpass 100° some places during the afternoon hours.
    — Steven Sosna, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Its return coincides with citywide discussions about a lack of third spaces — places outside of work, school and home — for teens to hang out that will keep them off the streets.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of places
Noun
  • This is as true as the fact that Heather called the paparazzi to take pictures of her and Terry at Disney World.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • When people tour your home, whether through pictures or an open house, there’s more to the home that adds to the feel other than the color of your walls or hardwood floors.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of pictures
Noun
  • The team also traded away Luis Arraez and Heliot Ramos for prospects, further thinning their ranks.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will soon join the ranks of iconic observatories like the Hubble and James Webb telescopes – plumbing the far reaches of the cosmos to answer some of life's greatest mysteries.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of ranks

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“Situations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/situations. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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