- present participle of rank.
ranking
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The Lakers’ defensive rating last season in the NBA was 115.5, ranking them 20th in the league.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Mensah is completing 89.9% of his passes through his first three games, leading the country and helping lift Miami to a No. 6 ranking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Lekjaa has promised to make Morocco sixth in the world in education and healthcare, to match the Fifa ranking of the men's football team.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
“If that’s what we care about, I see why they would be interested in ranking schools based on labor-market outcomes.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Brother Quang’s report cards, each ranking him first in class, beginning in kindergarten.
From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai
The Florida-based private company has its hand in everything from uniforms and other apparel to family hotel bookings to team rankings down to age 9.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Silva, who is number one in the UFC's flyweight rankings, was set to face Shevchenko for the belt before the bout was cancelled, so was expected to challenge for the vacant title.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Orange is 5-0 for the first time since 2017 and has also crept into the final spot of The Times’ top 25 rankings for the Southland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
“Whether or not someone dislikes rankings, one has to acknowledge that there are huge differences in how universities educate students,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Discussing our family visits would be too painful, so our final rankings for stage one are all anyone can talk about that night.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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