in descending order

phrase

: arranged in a series that begins with the greatest or largest and ends with the least or smallest

The states are listed in descending order of population size.

The sale items are arranged in descending order according to price.

Examples of in descending order in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

According to DraftKings, San Francisco is tied with the Green Bay Packers for the fifth-best Super Bowl odds behind the Los Angeles Rams, Seahawks, Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Ravens, and Kansas City Chiefs, in descending order. — Megan Armstrong, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026

Read on for the top 10 in descending order. — Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Mar. 2026

Taylor Swift, unsurprisingly, leads the list of the world’s most successful artists last year, followed by (in descending order) the K-pop group Stray Kids, Drake, The Weeknd, Bad Bunny, Kendrick Lamar, Morgan Wallen, Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish and Lady Gaga. — Andrew Flanagan, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026

The news report provides systematic explanation of current or past events, typically structuring information in an inverted pyramid format with the most important information at the beginning and other aspects organized in descending order of relevance. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for in descending order

• boarder
• border
• corder
• warder
• camcorder
• disorder
• recorder
• reorder
• suborder
• transborder