RANKED Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

ranked

verb

past tense of rank

as in was

to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes my favorite pitcher ranks first in the league for number of consecutive outs

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as in classified

to arrange or assign according to type most critics would rank him among our best actors

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Recent Examples of ranked The four-star recruit was ranked among the top 300 players nationally by various outlets. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026 Los Angeles ranked 32 of 500, with the annual water bill estimated at $952. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 The franchise generated $78 million in revenue in its first season, which was then a women’s record and 48% more than the Indiana Fever, who ranked second. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 7 Oct. 2026 The Yellow Jackets climbed to as high as number seven in the AP Poll, their highest mark in nearly two decades, and even finished the season ranked for the first time since 2014. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Geomagnetic storms are ranked on a scale 1-5, from G1 (minor) to G5 (extreme). — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Overall, Pennsylvania ranked the worst for people with asthma. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Howard, under Trey Porter, is 4-2, doubling its 2025 victory total, and the Huskies are ranked for the first time in their history. — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, Oceania, which includes Australia and New Zealand, ranked as one of the cleanest regions on the planet, with 100% of the population experiencing ‘good’ and ‘fair’ levels of ozone, CAMS says. — Dan Peck, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

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The sound of the music was one thing—even when Stereolab were at their loungiest or Stars of the Lid were including the key in which a song was composed in its title, there was something like the faintest air of rock music in their experiments.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
Strada defends execution protocol There was no immediate response from Pike’s lawyers for an update Saturday on her condition at a hospital.

— Ed White, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of was

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Treasurer Erick Russell has also pushed changes designed to prevent active bank accounts from being wrongly classified as abandoned.

— Mark Lewyn, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
The Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office reviewed the man’s death and classified it as a homicide, Becchina said.

— Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026

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The new design doesn’t add waterproofing, though; the base Kindle still isn’t rated IPX8 like the Paperwhite and Colorsoft.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026
Closer is coming off a buzzy Venice premiere for Alex Gibney’s Musk, which is rated 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and releases theatrically through Bleecker Street on October 9.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026

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The earlier four-count indictment grouped the devices found outside the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters together under each charge.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026
While Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander communities are regularly grouped together and considered uniformly successful, studies have found significant disparities in educational access and outcomes across subgroups over time.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026

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Back then there were no refrigerators — there were iceboxes, and glasses were placed upside down inside them to cool before being filled with ice cream.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
Health authorities in Kenya have placed the country's border points on high alert and are monitoring for possible additional cases.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of placed

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The average active operational exit horizon for VC and private equity firms in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) stood at six years in 2025, reflecting a maturing market that requires more patient capital.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
As the train horn blew for the fourth time in Saturday’s KC Current home game at CPKC Stadium, Debinha stood alone in the penalty area of Bay FC.

— Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of stood

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Set the scene Right away, there's a sense of arrival reminiscent of a city chic hotel with a grand lobby entry distinguished by a long, arched colonnade comprised of iron ceiling panels with a grapevine-like pattern.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Colleen Hoover has distinguished herself as a master of propulsive plot.

— Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026

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