How to Use ranker in a Sentence

ranker

noun
  • These lists don’t include sports, of course, which would add even more broadcast heft to the rankers.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026
  • And Courtney said there was all kinds of ranker at the caucus table.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 24 Jan. 2023
  • But this is a subject on which reasonable school rankers can disagree.
    — Jay Mathews, Washington Post, 5 May 2017
  • An exception to this trend is Melbourne, long a top ranker that has held on to take tenth spot.
    — Duncan Madden, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Also, check below the ranker at the bottom of the story for other big moments from the decade.
    — Jason Hoffman, Cincinnati.com, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Here are some highlights (and low lights) of the TV season, per the Nielsen rankers.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 June 2026
  • That leaves just one top-100 prospect in the Padres system, depending on your preferred ranker.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Other rankers, such as the Wall Street Journal, have used salary data as a ranking measure.
    — Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2017
  • These rankers agree that Buckner's performance over the past three seasons is the best thing the Colts have going for them.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Welcome back to another edition of the only power rankings that matter, brought to you by the best power rankers in the business.
    — Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Still a consensus top-10 receiver, but only because most rankers haven’t seen the shape of Brown’s toes.
    — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Other top rankers include RV and bus-and-truck mechanics, roofers, paramedics and police officers.
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Editorialists and city rankers have been quick to declare Pittsburgh all the rage recently.
    — Rosa Inocencio Smith, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The latest salvo in the battle between the ranked and the rankers comes out of Reed College in Portland, Oregon.
    — Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Above that is a slightly more powerful mid-ranker called the Modena, which has a 325-horsepower version of that same engine.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Yet, in the absence of higher-level testimony, some Republicans had tried to characterise this as a rogue play by middle-rankers.
    — The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
  • The Netflix thriller averaged that number over 35 days, per Nielsen’s multiplatform ranker.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 June 2026
  • The Netflix thriller averaged that number over 35 days, per Nielsen’s multiplatform ranker.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 28 May 2026
  • The rankers apparently compared the quality of services residents receive against the city’s total budget.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 9 July 2018
  • IHeart also maintains the top position on Podtrac, a monthly podcast ranker that measures networks’ unique audience and downloads.
    — Time, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Literal trash RedEye acknowledges Gawker Media as the original and best ranker of things.
    — Ben Meyerson, RedEye Chicago, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The semantic retriever, coupled with a semantic ranker, helps the system prioritize solutions most likely to resolve a customer’s issue.
    — Stefan Steinle, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • That is, of course, because of circumstances (the Orioles are better now) and talent (Norby, while a former top 100 prospect, isn’t seen by external rankers to be as good as those who came before him).
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Meanwhile, Variety also has the more traditional season-ending live+7 ranker for broadcast and cable — and, of course, no surprise that NFL leads the charge.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 June 2026
  • Below are the primetime rankers for broadcast, cable and premium cable networks in 2025, among total viewers (as well as the top 50 list in adults 18-49).
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Welcome back to another season of The Athletic’s NHL Power Rankings, brought to you by your two favorite power rankers.
    — Sean Gentille, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Down — Because the industry wasn’t as high on Merrill coming out of the draft as the Padres, he was viewed by rankers as something of a pop-up prospect when the Padres drafted him 27th overall a year after the end of the pandemic.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
  • That’s according to the latest ranker of season-to-date live plus 28-day multiplatform viewership, as shared with CBS on Wednesday (timed to the Eye network’s fall schedule announcement later today).
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Yet to chart on Nielsen’s Weekly Top 10 for streaming originals, the series made a couple of appearances on Luminate’s Top 50 TV rankers in July, largely in the 40s.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025

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