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
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026
The Blue Jays are 39-45, sitting in third place in the AL East, but just about every AL team has a chance at a Wild Card playoff berth.
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Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2026
ABC News,
7 May 2026
Each needs to be berthed, unloaded and reloaded, refueled and repositioned as well as piloted in and out of a complex harbor.
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Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2026
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Noun
The Marlins earned a wild-card berth, losing to Philadelphia in the wild-card round.
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Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026
The Blue Jays are 39-45, sitting in third place in the AL East, but just about every AL team has a chance at a Wild Card playoff berth.
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Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2026
Verb
The tanker is scheduled to berth at the company's offshore mooring facility later Friday to unload its crude oil.
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ABC News,
7 May 2026
Each needs to be berthed, unloaded and reloaded, refueled and repositioned as well as piloted in and out of a complex harbor.
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Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for berth
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Williams’ decision to leave the position was a big surprise to the mayor, commissioners and residents, though her departure followed months of controversy and scrutiny.
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Hipparcos was the first space mission devoted to precision astrometry, the accurate measurement of celestial positions and distances.
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The cruise, which departs from Greece on July 5, was expected to dock in the Turkish port town of Kuşadası two days later, followed by a trip to Istanbul, according to Atlantis Events, which is organizing the voyage.
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According to ship tracking data site MarineTraffic, the ship is docked at a Greek island as of June 3.
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Lee Feldman held the job for seven years until he was fired in 2018 by the commission.
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Proponents of the authorization note that the $155 million investment arrives four years after a severe drought in the Sacramento Valley in 2022 had cost local communities hundreds of millions of dollars and roughly 1,500 jobs.
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One tech mogul asked if the harbor could accommodate mooring a 100-foot sailboat.
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This week, according to public data, Breakthrough is moored off the Costa Smeralda in northeastern Sardinia, near Porto Cervo.
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Since relocating to Los Angeles, Gonzalez’s small downtown team has scaled Happy Organics into a design-forward brand carried by major retailers, anchored in local maker communities and a sense of purpose.
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While browsing the thrift store, look for colorful quilts, blankets, or tablecloths to anchor your spread and provide a dry, comfortable place to sit while enjoying the outdoors.
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If city agencies coordinated security, traffic planning or other logistics for an event that never took place there, critics could question whether public resources were unnecessarily tied up during one of New York's busiest holiday weekends.
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As the escape-room activity kicks off — the guests have 30 minutes to find Aesha’s crew — the boys find plenty of opportunity to make insinuating jokes about tying up the girls, some (Coop) more wholesome than others (Luke).
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The two daredevils who scaled the spire of the Empire State Building while the world watched have been grounded by the New York Police Department and are now the targets of a criminal investigation.
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The Navy had to wait for specialized technicians to arrive or ship massive parts across the globe to repair depots in the US, keeping combat jets grounded.
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“Berth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/berth. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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