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as in hierarchies
a scheme of rank or order
in one ranking of the best places to live, San Francisco surpassed all the other cities in the U.S.
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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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Recent Examples of rankings
Texas dominated many national rankings in the report as well, with the ZIP code encompassing the Dallas suburb of Crandall ranking second on the list and a more urban Dallas ZIP code ranking 10th.
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Faith Bugenhagen, Austin American Statesman, 28 Feb. 2026
Faith Bugenhagen, Austin American Statesman, 28 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rankings
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Flattened hierarchies also disrupt traditional career progression in ways that are only beginning to surface in the data.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Its mission was to upset hierarchies, not reinforce them, and few things were more offensive to comedians than bootlicking.—
Robert Lynch,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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As with the hiring of Bill Belichick — OK, maybe not the best example — the Tar Heels have turned to the pro ranks to try to fix a program that isn’t getting enough done on the collegiate level.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Apr. 2026
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Malone is the second high-profile coach the North Carolina athletic department has hired from the professional ranks despite having had no college head coaching experience.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
6 Apr. 2026
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The briefing room, which has seats for about 50 reporters, was packed well beyond that, as other journalists packed the aisles and photographers stood on step-ladders.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
6 Apr. 2026
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That includes climbing ladders, handling tools and adapting to unpredictable environments.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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Some groundwater monitoring wells detected contamination levels higher than at any point since 1991, which the county believes may be due to a new leak.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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The animations show levels of sophistication and internet access that indicate ties to government offices, said Mahsa Alimardani, a director of WITNESS, a human-rights group working on AI video evidence.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Enter insider trading to tilt the scales.—
William Mersey,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Like other smart scales, the RunStar 8E SmartScan Ultra calculates your body composition using Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) via electrodes in its base.—
Andrew Gebhart,
PC Magazine,
8 Apr. 2026
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Indiana's Medicaid agency has 94 open positions.—
Sam Whitehead,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Experience, often in multiple systems, pays off at skill positions more than ever.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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The Athletics got to Yankees closer David Bednar in the ninth inning Wednesday night, paving the way for a 3-2, series-tying victory for the nomadic visitors at Yankee Stadium.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Choptima is a sleek, high-quality series of chopping boards designed in Denmark for everyday kitchen use.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Khosla himself has endorsed the idea of a national wealth fund, and the symmetry between his individual advocacy and OpenAI’s institutional proposal suggests that a policy framework is crystallizing within the AI industry’s upper echelons.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Instead, more households are climbing into the echelons of the upper middle class due to income gains in recent decades, according to research from the nonpartisan American Enterprise Institute.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Rankings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rankings. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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