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as in durations
the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress
a tradition of long standing
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as in ranks
the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement
my standing in the class at the time of graduation
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Recent Examples of standings
It’s formatted so that all but the championship game count in the regular season standings, and teams that don’t advance to the knockout round play non-tournament games to keep the schedules even.
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Andy McCullough, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Vonn extended her lead in the season-long World Cup downhill standings after finishing second and third in the other races.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026
The history of Miami’s slow crawl up the standings, then its leapfrogging past the Irish for the last spot, has been well-documented.
—Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2026
The extra point the Sharks collected separated them from the Kings in the standings, with both squads in a wild-card spot.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
The Rebels posted a 10-8 record in the SEC last season, tying for sixth place in the final standings.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Jan. 2026
The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance seized on the data, pointing out how the latest U-Haul data shows that all nine states without an income tax improved their standings since last year.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
That’s because every game in the NBA’s in-season tournament will count toward regular-season stats and standings, except the championship game.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
As of this writing, the Rockets are fifth in the NBA’s Western Conference standings with a 4-2 record.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Andy McCullough, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Vonn extended her lead in the season-long World Cup downhill standings after finishing second and third in the other races.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026
The history of Miami’s slow crawl up the standings, then its leapfrogging past the Irish for the last spot, has been well-documented.
—Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2026
The extra point the Sharks collected separated them from the Kings in the standings, with both squads in a wild-card spot.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
The Rebels posted a 10-8 record in the SEC last season, tying for sixth place in the final standings.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Jan. 2026
The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance seized on the data, pointing out how the latest U-Haul data shows that all nine states without an income tax improved their standings since last year.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
That’s because every game in the NBA’s in-season tournament will count toward regular-season stats and standings, except the championship game.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
As of this writing, the Rockets are fifth in the NBA’s Western Conference standings with a 4-2 record.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for standings
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Hours of uniform length were widely adopted only in the 14th century, when clocks could maintain equal durations.—
Shayla Love,
The Atlantic,
21 Dec. 2025
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Follow-up durations averaged around one year, meaning that longer-term outcomes remain uncertain.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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That's not to mention the lower ranks where teams like James Madison or Tulane might find their way into the 12-team field, only to get obliterated in the playoff and lose their coaches and half their players to Power Five schools along the way.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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On Tuesday, Cuba released their names, ranks and ages.—
Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Kentucky entered Thursday night averaging nine turnovers per game but turned it over 10 times in the first half alone, and 20 for the game.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Jan. 2026
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Employees told responding sheriff's deputies that Naputi had previously stolen from the store seven other times since January 2024.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The firm’s asset and wealth management division should also see gains as stock market levels remained buoyant in the quarter.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2026
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There is a famous image of a bireme, from a relief found at the Assyrian palace at Nineveh (in modern Iraq, near Mosul), that clearly illustrates the use of a decked warship with two levels of oars.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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Episode 3 ended with Ron, Eric Nam, Kristen Kish, and Caroline Stanbury all tied to trees and hilariously pleading for their lives while the Traitors and a masked executioner all just kind of stood there awkwardly.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
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What happened next was the drive of Beck’s and the Hurricanes’ lives.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Survey respondents shared multiple ways that unemployment can have a negative impact including cancelling dates for financial reasons and hesitating to even ask someone out at all.—
Gili Malinsky,
CNBC,
13 Jan. 2026
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Buried in those medical records were treatment codes, birthdates, doctors’ names, and surgery dates—a gold mine for anyone who could deliver those leads to mass tort lawyers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Quick was hardly to blame for New York's eighth defeat in nine games, with mistakes by teammates in front of him putting the veteran goaltender in all sorts of difficult positions.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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All the moves, all the choreography, all the positions.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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The Tigers had second-half runs of 14-3 and 18-2, taking the lead at 63-62 with three minutes to play.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Jan. 2026
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To be sure, Musk’s confidence about increasing longevity runs contrary to his longtime discomfort with the social consequences of an extended lifespan.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Standings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standings. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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