Thesaurus results for STANDINGS

standings

noun

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plural of standing

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 The Heat’s best chance to move up the standings comes with the Charlotte Hornets (43-37), which lost to the Boston Celtics on Tuesday to fall to ninth place in the East. —

Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026 The Nuggets entered the game with the Lakers for third place in the Western Conference standings. —

Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026 With three games remaining, Charlotte (43-36) sits in a virtual three-way tie for seventh place in the Eastern Conference standings along with Philadelphia and Orlando. —

Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 7 Apr. 2026 The Clippers have the same record as the Portland Trail Blazers but now own the eighth spot in the standings via tiebreaker, having won two of the three games between the teams. —

Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026 So Minnesota’s spot in the standings is likely soon to be cemented, which will make the Wolves’ games themselves trivial. —

Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2026 The Magic, playing for position in the packed middle of the Eastern Conference standings, kept alive their chances of finishing as high as sixth. —

ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026 Despite Redick's argument for Luka to win the MVP Award, the Oklahoma City Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Spurs' Victor Wembanyama have stronger cases and odds to win it, due to their contributions for two teams that are above Los Angeles in the standings. —

Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026 In the race itself, Keselowski finished a quiet 13th, snapping his two-race streak of finishing inside the top 10, but did move up a spot in the points standings to eighth. —

Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026

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These particles were then fed into the trap and held for durations ranging from milliseconds to several seconds before being released and detected.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 11 Apr. 2026
Many are being proposed for longer durations, sometimes 30 or even 40 years.

— Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026