league table
noun
British
: a list of teams, schools, hospitals, etc. that shows them in order from best to worst
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The lopsided victory kept Dallas firmly inside the playoff places at third position in the league table.
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José Sánchez Córdova, Dallas Morning News, 8 Feb. 2026
An offer first came from Nottingham Forest, at £35m, less than a week before the two sides, a place apart in the league table, were due to face each other at the City Ground.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Goldman vaulted to fourth place in India’s equity capital markets league table in 2025, having ended the previous year outside of the top 10, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
—Baiju Kalesh, Bloomberg, 14 Jan. 2026
As recently as November, Chelsea were second in the league table, and Maresca won manager of the month.
—Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 6 Jan. 2026
The current league table shows that a crowd of LLMs come close to matching the average human crowd but is still 30 percent below the level of teams of superforecasters: the gold standard for forecasting.
—Marcus Weldon, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Sep. 2025
Expect a tantalizing atmosphere, and if the league table is tight, 105,000 Cule fans could just make the difference.
—Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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José Sánchez Córdova, Dallas Morning News, 8 Feb. 2026
An offer first came from Nottingham Forest, at £35m, less than a week before the two sides, a place apart in the league table, were due to face each other at the City Ground.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Goldman vaulted to fourth place in India’s equity capital markets league table in 2025, having ended the previous year outside of the top 10, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
—Baiju Kalesh, Bloomberg, 14 Jan. 2026
As recently as November, Chelsea were second in the league table, and Maresca won manager of the month.
—Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 6 Jan. 2026
The current league table shows that a crowd of LLMs come close to matching the average human crowd but is still 30 percent below the level of teams of superforecasters: the gold standard for forecasting.
—Marcus Weldon, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Sep. 2025
Expect a tantalizing atmosphere, and if the league table is tight, 105,000 Cule fans could just make the difference.
—Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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“League table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/league%20table. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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