Thesaurus results for RANKINGS

rankings

noun

plural of ranking

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. — Faith Bugenhagen, Austin American Statesman, 28 Feb. 2026

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Noun

And with Molly Ringwald as his muse, Hughes’s directorial debut established his gift for frank and empathetic tales of adolescent crushes and high school social hierarchies.

— Al Shipley, SPIN, 4 Aug. 2026
Meetings can feel slow, hierarchies are less visible and the CEO might get coffee for the intern.

— Jessica Hill Holm, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of hierarchies

Noun

This suggests that companies add to their part-time ranks to save on the health insurance costs of standard employment.

— Paul Osterman, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
Kennedy, a member of the family that has run NASCAR for decades, was a pro stock car driver before joining the executive ranks.

— Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of ranks

Noun

Issues include elevated pH levels,and improper signage, filters and ladders.

— Abby Dodge, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
As Stevie Wonder’s eponymous 1972 hit suggests, there’s something specifically ominous about a 13-month-old baby that puts it in league with the bad juju of falling ladders and broken looking glasses.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of ladders

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Ship traffic is unlikely to return to pre-war levels, of around 130 to 140 crossings a day, according to analysts, which could keep oil prices elevated for longer.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Layered on top is rhetoric, from the highest levels of government, that casts career scientists as adversaries rather than protectors.

— Daniel Jernigan, STAT, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of levels

Noun

The closures reflect a changing environment for galleries at various scales, amid rising operating costs and shifts in art market behavior.

— News Desk, Artforum, 11 Aug. 2026
Two scales, one power The sCO2 systems use carbon dioxide in a supercritical state as the working fluid in a closed-loop Brayton cycle.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of scales

Noun

The city is eliminating 51 positions and freezing 91 positions for half the year and 29 positions for the full year.

— Jack Fink, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Its supreme leader appointed six new figures to key positions, all of whom opposed the June memorandum of understanding with the US.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of positions

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Reggie Bannister, the actor best known for playing the iconic ice cream man Reggie in the Phantasm horror film series, has died peacefully at his home Sunday at 80.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Monday’s strikes were the latest in a series of drone attacks on oil infrastructure in Zawiya, which houses critical energy infrastructure including the country’s largest oil refinery, an export terminal and a power plant.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

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