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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 Synonyms for rankings
Noun
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Racial hierarchies may be scrambling, but the reality that the existing global order was birthed to entrench racist beliefs cannot be erased.—
Zachariah Mampilly,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Apr. 2025 -
While Henry worries about the risks of invasion by Spain or of a religious civil war, Cromwell, whom nobles nickname Crumb for his low birth, envisions a world that’s less beholden to ancient hierarchies.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Taube points to recession-resistant sectors like healthcare and the use of bond ladders as ways to build stability.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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The ladders were erected under the nets, waiting for the players and coaches to cut them down; UConn left them alone and the workers took the ladders away after everybody left the court.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
1 Apr. 2025
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Tipping the scales like that, the Area-51 laptops don’t feel like just a resurrection of Alienware’s flagship brand name but a throwback to older, basically immobile desktop replacement laptops.—
Antonio G. Di Benedetto,
The Verge,
7 Jan. 2025
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At current scales, nobody can compete with DJI.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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In each of the past two NBA playoffs, at least two lower seeds have won a first-round series, including four in 2023.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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In the latest video for Vogue’s Now Serving series, where celebrities make their signature dishes on camera, the Smiths give us the rundown on how to make a crispy chicken sandwich and rosemary mint lemonade.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
24 Apr. 2025
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Still, examples of talented women overcoming gender biases in reaching the upper echelons of the 20th century fine art world are far less numerous than the other way around.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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As high-end restaurants and hotels open up in major cities, the upper echelons of wines are seeing improved sales – even in the face of reduced consumption.—
Madeline Fitzgerald,
Quartz,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Rankings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rankings. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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