Thesaurus results for STANDINGS

standings

noun

plural of standing

as in durations

the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress a tradition of long standing

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as in ranks

the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement my standing in the class at the time of graduation

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Recent Examples of standings The win gave the Current some cushion heading into the international break, as the club jumped to fifth in the NWSL standings. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026 Either Ohio State or Indiana topped the standings in the three years prior to the latest expansion, but since then it’s been all UCLA and USC at the top. — Luke Decock, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 West, founded in 1908, spent much of its first century yo-yoing up and down the standings of amateur leagues on anonymous fields around south Manchester. — Vanda Mayer, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026 Denny Hamlin, who entered second in the playoff standings, finished 16th and was shut out of stage points. — Frankie Frisco, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026 Check out the Week 7 Fort Worth-area high school football standings. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026 The Premier League announced Tuesday that its most successful club over the past 15 seasons, and current standings leader, systematically broke financial monitoring rules for years. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 Despite a talented roster headlined by Son Heung-min and Denis Bouanga, LAFC sits sixth in the Western Conference standings at 11-9-8 after winning just one of its past nine games across all competitions. — CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 The Pride are still well below the playoff line in the NWSL standings. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Two weeks after its record-breaking IPO in mid-June, the space exploration company raised $25 billion in bonds at different durations.

— Seema Mody, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Each implant can be programmed to recognize pulses with specific voltages and durations, allowing the network to selectively activate individual devices.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of durations

Noun

Beating Alabama would vault them up even higher in the ranks and silence some of the naysayers.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Argentina, a Group of 20 nation of 46 million people home to a vast Patagonian wilderness and culturally vibrant capital, is set to become the first South American country to join their ranks.

— Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of ranks

Noun

Some experts point to worsening public health since the 2008 financial crisis, citing factors such as growing obesity, long hospital waiting times, the cost-of-living crisis and other social causes.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026
Using accounting as an example, Ladish said the AI is given tens of thousands of accounting problems to solve through trial and error, repeating them millions of times across thousands of parallel training runs.

— James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of times

Noun

Beijing envisions a comprehensive AI education system that spans all levels of schooling and extends to the broader public.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
This reduced atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and turned soil into the first terrestrial carbon sinks.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of levels

Noun

Built in 1965 and 1970, respectively, the vessels are approaching the limits of their service lives.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Their bid to change their lives turns into a dangerous chase, and the friendship becomes the one thing protecting them.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of lives

Noun

Four European dates have been set for next June in Germany, Denmark and Norway.

— William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026
They may have been kept open throughout the year for rituals commemorating important dates and festivals, as well as the worshipping of the dead.

— Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of dates

Noun

Specifically at Mercy Medical Center, the statement said, there are twice as many open full-time positions for the 16 full-time RNs being impacted, and that across Prime’s Illinois hospitals, there are 331 openings, including 11 in obstetrics.

— Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
There could be intense competition for backup minutes with logjams at multiple positions.

— Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026

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