as in position
an assignment at which one regularly works for pay
found a berth at a travel agency
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Recent Examples of berth
David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
This heavier load, which included one set of back-to-back games in March and April 2023, helped lead the team to a playoff berth.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 26 July 2024
Then just after 10 p.m. on July 17, 1944, there was a massive explosion of munitions while the SS Quinault Victory and SS E. A. Bryan were berthed at the pier.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
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Noun
But the results were a third straight season without a playoff berth and now the team is left to fortify its roster this winter or risk extending that streak in 2025.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
This heavier load, which included one set of back-to-back games in March and April 2023, helped lead the team to a playoff berth.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
Verb
Media seized on the kerfuffle, and before long, news stories berthed backlash, then backlash to the backlash.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 26 July 2024
Then just after 10 p.m. on July 17, 1944, there was a massive explosion of munitions while the SS Quinault Victory and SS E. A. Bryan were berthed at the pier.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for berth
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Again, this solidifies the Mac’s position as a leader in content-creation workstations, if not quite so for 3D modeling.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Stand up for yourself and your rights, and make your position clear.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The only player on the 49ers to be fined was linebacker Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles, who was docked $10,750 for unnecessary roughness in the first quarter of the Dallas game.Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 2 Nov. 2024
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Satellite imagery captured on Monday shows the Liaoning docked at its home port, confirming the announcement made by the Chinese navy.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Having somehow returned, firmly, to the real world, the narrator decides to quit his job and start working in a library in a small, out-of-the-way town in Fukushima Prefecture.Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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His job on this day involves hauling containers from the congested TraPac terminal in the Port of Los Angeles to a storage yard near the port.Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
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The couple moored up at Ka‘upulehu, an ancient Polynesian settlement that had been abandoned in the 1930s.Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
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The Navy ship then arrived and moored Wednesday evening at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu, where the mother and daughter received care.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
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The race for the seat in the 7th District, which is anchored by Lansing but covers suburban and rural areas stretching out from the state capital, was considered one of the most competitive congressional contests in Michigan, if not nationally, headed into the election season.Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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Three hours from both San Francisco and Los Angeles, Fresno is more reminiscent of Middle America than the globally renowned big cities that anchor the country's most populous state.Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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This isn’t necessarily new but the difference is how the gallery is tied up with the exhibition of certain kinds of cinema, which is slightly worrying.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2024
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Bezos’ fortune, which is mostly tied up in Amazon shares, rose as much as $12.2 billion after market open from $204.3 billion the day prior, the largest daily jump in net worth for any billionaire on Friday.Lindsey Choo, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Fixed-wing aircraft were grounded by high winds; helicopters were requested for firefighting efforts.Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Schools and public transportation in the city were suspended until further notice, and authorities grounded flights at both Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport as well as at the popular beach resort at Varadero through Thursday.Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Berth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/berth. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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