standings

NOUN

position, rank

Synonyms

STRONGEST

place prestige reputation stature status

STRONG

cachet capacity character condition consequence credit dignity eminence estimation footing repute scene situation slot state station term

Antonyms

STRONG

disbelief unimportance

Example Sentences

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His candidacy sat in second place after polls closed last Tuesday, but it has since slipped in the standings as mail-in votes have been counted.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton was on the podium in Monte Carlo in second and has now moved above team-mate Charles Leclerc and George Russell in the standings and into second place.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

They are seven games out of a playoff spot, but they would have to pass nine teams in the standings to get there.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

And so far, Reed’s journey has been an unqualified success: He ranks first in the European Tour standings.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

As the first boats crossed the hundred- meter mark, an announcer aboard the shortwave-radio boat broadcast the standings to the loudspeakers down at the finish line.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown