Thesaurus results for RANKINGS

rankings

noun

plural of ranking

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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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 rankings Texas dominated many national rankings in the report as well, with the ZIP code encompassing the Dallas suburb of Crandall ranking second on the list and a more urban Dallas ZIP code ranking 10th. — Faith Bugenhagen, Austin American Statesman, 28 Feb. 2026

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Noun

How far might a nation go that had no kings to depose, no entrenched hierarchies to uproot, a country so young and iconoclastic and resource-rich?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
To navigate this acceleration, leadership must shift from rigid hierarchies to horizontal agility—partnering across boundaries to follow the fluid flow of value.

— Stephanie Kramer, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of hierarchies

Noun

Stewart leaves ladders by his house so any community members who stay behind can reach the roof, and Sierka credits a neighbor for keeping that house standing during Woolsey.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
As the two clubs meet on Wednesday night, each on different trajectories in football’s world of snakes and ladders, that question remains.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of ladders

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Nevertheless, taking all these results together, researchers who still believe the wave function must collapse at macroscopic scales appear to be walking on thin ice.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Atmospheric fluctuations on shorter weekly or daily scales, such as sudden stratospheric warming events, polar vortex disruptions, or shifts in the Arctic Oscillation, can temporarily override the overarching El Niño pattern.

— Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of scales

Noun

Unlike traditional sports betting, prediction markets function more like exchanges, with participants taking positions against one another rather than against a house.

— Aneri Jambusaria, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Artists tracked Gosling’s on-set performance and recreated it within digital environments, allowing Fraser to choose new camera positions without discarding the original acting.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of positions

Noun

Keery appeared in several independent films throughout Stranger Things as well as in the television series Fargo.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2026
In an attempt to uncover what might be going on in her mind, Fielder travels to a farm in upstate New York to meet actress Amanda Seyfried, who played Holmes to much acclaim in the 2022 Hulu series The Dropout.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of series

Noun

The story picks up when 14-year-old Maeve and her older sister, Reg, start a secret phone romance with a boy from the local boat club who promises a way into the upper echelons of Cape Cod society.

— Jack Dunn, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
That period also provided the foundations for where City currently sits within the top echelons of world soccer – having won the UEFA Champions League back in 2023 and winning four consecutive Premier Leagues from 2021 to 2024.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

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