rankings

plural of ranking
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as in ranks
the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement the President's ranking in the polls is at its highest level since he took office

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Noun
  • Just as Italian Neorealism and Brazilian Cinema Novo once did, through his cinema, Walter’s inner space opens its doors horizontally, without agendas or hierarchies, so that all human emotion can converse within this personal yet collective space.
    Alejandro González Iñárritu, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
  • There is so much to explore in that space between imagination and reality—interacting with a person and with their works, the various hierarchies and hopes.
    Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In 2018, one of the execs announcing Goldstine’s exit was then-Universal Filmed Entertainment chairman Jeff Shell, who subsequently rose up the ranks to become NBCUniversal CEO.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The organization, which counts about a million scouts in its ranks, offers hundreds of merit badges spanning everything from fishing to fingerprinting.
    Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At an elementary school in southwest Boise, in the fall of 2020, children in pre-K went to their recess on the playground, laughing and climbing ladders to reach the slide.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The challenge was a very physical obstacle course involving cargo nets, wide-step bridges, digging up ladders, opening rope gates and scaling ramps.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Experts are concerned for what this might mean for ambition levels at the upcoming COP30 climate conference in Belém, Brazil, next month.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Exercising can help people with diabetes lower their blood sugar levels and increase insulin sensitivity, but the timing of exercise also matters.
    Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • If that sounds exactly like the type of single-mindedness that youth coaches want in their players, De Mil was conscious of Lammens tipping the scales by doing too much.
    Mark Critchley, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The difference between us and quantum computing is that some of our time scales start immediately.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Nestlé announces layoffs Nestlé CEO Philipp Navratil announced in a LinkedIn post on Thursday that the company is laying off more than 16,000 employees—mostly white-collar positions—to cut costs.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Rutter is more effective running from deep positions than linking play with his back to goal when tightly marked.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The beginning of the series had such deep ties to the death of Riley.
    Alamin Yohannes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Barrymore is a multi-nominee for the Drew Barrymore Show, following the series' inception in 2020.
    Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Grey typically isn’t a colour associated with fun, but the background, lettering, stripe down the middle and sleeve design, have defied logic to propel the Raiders into the higher echelons of these rankings.
    Ajay Rose, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Few things are more luxurious than a cashmere sweater, but the luscious fabric isn’t reserved solely for the upper echelons of society.
    Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Rankings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rankings. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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