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as in hierarchy
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 rank
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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as in being
to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes
my favorite pitcher ranks first in the league for number of consecutive outs
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as in classifying
to arrange or assign according to type
most critics would rank him among our best actors
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Recent Examples of ranking
PC Magazine, 7 Sep. 2025
In the wake of the seismic Micah Parsons trade, Nate Davis updated his power rankings.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Virginia Tech’s ranking combines data from student opinions (85% of the ranking) and average meal plan cost (15% of the ranking).
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
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Noun
This type of public linking also has the impact of boosting the websites SEO ranking, as Grok's response are indexed on Google.
—PC Magazine, 7 Sep. 2025
In the wake of the seismic Micah Parsons trade, Nate Davis updated his power rankings.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
The Nazi in the book title was Hermann Göring, who became the highest-ranking Third Reich leader after Adolf Hitler’s suicide that ended World War II.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Virginia Tech’s ranking combines data from student opinions (85% of the ranking) and average meal plan cost (15% of the ranking).
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
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Noun
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Jackie Dube, chief people officer at The Predictive Index, believes this trend reflects deeper workplace issues, especially among younger employees who may struggle with outdated hierarchies and lack psychological safety.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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McCullers’ usage before his injury accentuated his standing within the bullpen hierarchy.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The three former officials, whose careers collectively spanned over six decades of law enforcement experience across the ranks of the FBI, allege that the firings violated their due process rights as well as their First Amendment rights to free association and speech.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Red Sox entered the year with significant starting pitching depth at both the major and minor-league levels, but like most teams over the course of a 162-game season, have seen their ranks take several hits.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
16 Sep. 2025
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Without establishing any link to last week’s shooting, the Republican president and members of his administration have discussed classifying some groups as domestic terrorists, ordering racketeering investigations and revoking tax-exempt status for progressive nonprofits.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
17 Sep. 2025
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But performance dropped to 54 percent when classifying narrower age groups, and failed entirely for some users.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Sep. 2025
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The Outset also eliminates the need to climb up a ladder to bed, something particularly valuable for pets, small children, elderly campers, and those who took one too many pulls off the Jack bottle around the campfire.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Sep. 2025
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One of the quickest projects in its rejuvination was likely Saturday’s playground build, when volunteers helped put in new slides, ladders, a spinner and swings, all in one day.—
Lou Ponsi,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
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At every level—executive, judicial, legislative, corporate, institutional, media—every single guardrail that is supposed to protect our democracy is buckling.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Sep. 2025
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Sea-level rise has long been a pesky issue at the Coliseum, presenting problems for the buyers’ goals of eventually transforming the property into a new hub of live sports, entertainment, restaurants, retail, hotels and new housing.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Those who say the economy is fair have dropped from 39 percent to 32 percent, while the share rating it as good has declined from 26 percent to 22 percent.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Wall Street analysts are overwhelmingly bullish on Wyndham, with 14 analysts rating the stock as either a strong buy or buy, with only one giving it a hold.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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To cope, Chinese companies have turned more to grouping large numbers of less efficient, often homegrown, chips together to achieve similar computing capabilities.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Create a neutral fall display by grouping elegant white and pale-orange pumpkins.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
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By extending this concept to a nanoscale particle, the Tokyo team has created a new platform to explore how quantum laws apply at scales larger than atoms but still far smaller than everyday objects.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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Community Fit Parents are realizing that scale itself is a values choice.—
Liz Doe Stone,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Ranking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ranking. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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