- present participle of rank.
ranking
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Year: 2022 Compiled by: Dan Kois and Slate Staff Of note: Accompanied by several supplemental essays, including a ranking by Chris Molanphy of “The Top 5 Mob Movie Deaths of All Time.”
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026
FlyDubai categorizes airports in terms of difficulty, pilots say, with Tel Aviv’s airport ranking as one of the easier destinations in the airline’s network and not requiring major experience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
ByteDance also leads in distribution with its Hongguo platform ranking as China’s largest for short dramas, the analysts note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
But, playing in his first ranking final, Yuan then reeled off three frames in a row.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The Spanish flu of 1918 had raged through the continent, killing nearly 20 million men and women worldwide and ranking among the deadliest natural disasters in history.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The puzzling thing about Saturday’s meltdown wasn’t simply that the No. 1 team in the nation lost to a .500 team that had dropped out of the Top 25 rankings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
As such, some exclusions were necessary to make this List of Lists work, including year-specific rankings, gift ideas, and stuff that’s simply far too outdated.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026
While Wu moves to second in the rankings, going ahead of Trump and Neil Robertson, Yuan jumps seven spots to 26th and earns £76,000.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
"To be honest I was a little bit surprised but if you see the rankings, the girls ranked higher than me have either a fight booked or they have just fought," said Cong.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The points accumulated from all of these competitions would make up the US national rankings, and the top four finishers qualified for the national team for the following season.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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