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Promotion (chess), when a pawn reaches the eighth rank •
Promotion (Germany), the German term for the doctoral degree •
Promotion (rank), the advancement of an employee's rank or position in an organizational hierarchy system •
Promotion and relegation, in sports leagues, is a process where some teams are transferred between multiple divisions based on their performance for the completed season •
Social promotion, in education, is the practice of advancing a student to the next grade regardless of their completion of material from the preceding grade ==Arts, entertainment, and media==