How to Use rating in a Sentence

rating

noun
  • The school has an above-average academic rating.
  • The article compares the fuel-economy ratings of various cars.
  • Not even low ratings can stop it.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Still kept a buy rating on all three.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Both firms have buy ratings on the stock and are very bullish.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Ten shops on the Street have a hold rating on the stock.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
  • And media rights fees used to be built on ratings.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Goldman has a buy rating on all three.
    — Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
  • How long does a peak lumen rating last?
    — Adam Trenkamp, Outside, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Media rights fees are no longer built on ratings.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • His talent was even less than his ratings.
    — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • His talent was even less than his ratings.
    — Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Barclays kept its buy rating on the stock, though.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Other polls show his ratings up.
    — Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Late night ratings are going down.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 19 May 2026
  • No talent, no ratings, no life.
    — Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
  • Wells Fargo has an equal weight rating on the stock.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 26 May 2026
  • Barclays has an equal weight rating on Ford.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 18 May 2026
  • He's got a hold rating on Apple stock.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The analyst has a buy rating on the stock.
    — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Check it out and see Meta’s stock rating snapshot here.
    — CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The hair oil has more than 1,500 five-star ratings.
    — Isabel Bekele, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Green has singled it out as one of the reasons for the show’s ratings gains.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
  • All but two of those telecasts improved on their year-ago ratings.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The analysts kept their buy ratings on both stocks.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Those negative ratings might be due to high prices.
    — Emily Guskin, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Target was in a tie for sixth place with its 79-point rating.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Morningstar gives it four stars and a neutral rating.
    — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2026
  • His plus-minus rating of minus-11 was a team low.
    — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Walmart had a 75-point rating for ninth place.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 6 Feb. 2026

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