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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
Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
Category 5 is the highest ranking on the hurricane center's Saffir Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, reserved for hurricanes with winds of 157 mph or greater.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
Rin Velasco, The Providence Journal, 6 Jan. 2026
The state moved into the 23rd spot for inbound moves by do-it-yourself movers last year after ranking 40th in 2024.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
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Noun
The tally allowed the Red and Black (14-2-2) to avoid the upset from a Panthers team (12-4-2) that played above its ranking.
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When ranking Providence as the 10th most underrated food city in America, Chowhound named the raw bar and restaurant Gift Horse as proof of the city's substantial, vivacious, and critically acclaimed food scene.
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In the internal logic of Venezuela’s ruling system, power functions less like that of a modern institutional state and more like a feudal hierarchy, where control of armed force determines political survival.—
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But some people involved will be new, including those at the top of the legislative hierarchy.—
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That's not to mention the lower ranks where teams like James Madison or Tulane might find their way into the 12-team field, only to get obliterated in the playoff and lose their coaches and half their players to Power Five schools along the way.—
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On Tuesday, Cuba released their names, ranks and ages.—
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Unlike an image-classifying neural network, a PINN doesn’t learn by studying external data.—
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Similarly, ride-share services like Uber and Lyft have faced multiple lawsuits for classifying drivers as independent contractors rather than employees, allowing the companies to avoid providing minimum wage, overtime pay and other benefits.—
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Store excess blankets in a linen closet, a floor basket, a blanket ladder, or a chest of drawers.—
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After the flames were knocked down, crews used ladders to snake hoses inside to put out any hot spots.—
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The blackout slashed internet access to a fraction of normal levels on the 13th day of the protests as rights groups, including Amensty International, accused the regime of using lethal force against protesters.—
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What's more, this door alarm features three sensitivity levels and emits a loud, shrill sound that will instantly scare an intruder away.—
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Americans for Prosperity lauded his budget-cutting votes, rating him at 87% last year.—
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Continuing the story from a top-rating 2001 TV series, the film follows a modern-day cop (Koo) who is pulled back to the Qin Dynasty to help the Emperor (Lam) defeat another time-traveling usurper.—
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The successful measure redrew LaMalfa’s district to include parts of the North Bay, which LaMalfa told The Sacramento Bee would disenfranchise rural voters by grouping them with more urban residents with different priorities.—
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Why do some friends insist on grouping the letter writer’s birthday with the New Year’s Day holiday?—
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The solution targets coastal erosion, flooding, and structural instability while addressing plastic waste at scale.—
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Known since the late 1980s for using erasure as a concept, Simmons extends his practice here into an architectural scale, transforming the main gallery into a vast blackboard environment where images emerge, blur, and refuse to fully disappear.—
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“Ranking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ranking. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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