leaderboard

noun

lead·​er·​board ˈlē-dər-ˌbȯrd How to pronounce leaderboard (audio)
: a large board for displaying the ranking of the leaders in a competitive event (such as a golf tournament)

Examples of leaderboard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The result was Grok, a chatbot that was marginally more provocative than its competitors—but which does not score at the top of the LLM leaderboard in terms of other capabilities, such as reasoning, translation, summarization, and the like. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 May 2024 Virginia and Arizona are tied atop the team leaderboard at 2-over from their four scoring golfers (out of five). Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2024 Here’s the team’s OPS leaderboard: Kjerstad (1.744), Peyton Burdick (1.395), Stowers (1.304), Maverick Handley (1.221), Holliday (1.152), Norby (1.148) and Mayo (1.141). Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2024 Scheffler is tied for 79th place while Charley Hoffman sits atop the leaderboard after shooting a 5-under-par 65. Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for leaderboard 

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Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of leaderboard was in 1963

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“Leaderboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leaderboard. Accessed 8 Jun. 2024.

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