How to Use ranker in a Sentence

ranker

noun
  • The Colts hold an average of 13.5, and the rankers didn't hold a narrow loss to the Texans against them.
    Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star, 26 Nov. 2019
  • And Courtney said there was all kinds of ranker at the caucus table.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Keeping with the list/ranker theme today, U.S. News said Cincinnati is the 49th best place to live in the country.
    Bob Strickley, Cincinnati.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • Paulsen is consistently among the top rankers tracked by FantasyPros.com, so if Paulsen likes Ginn, the rest of us probably should, too.
    Pat Fitzmaurice, SI.com, 2 Aug. 2017
  • But this is a subject on which reasonable school rankers can disagree.
    Jay Mathews, Washington Post, 5 May 2017
  • Other rankers, such as the Wall Street Journal, have used salary data as a ranking measure.
    Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • Editorialists and city rankers have been quick to declare Pittsburgh all the rage recently.
    Rosa Inocencio Smith, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2017
  • 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
  • Literal trash RedEye acknowledges Gawker Media as the original and best ranker of things.
    Ben Meyerson, RedEye Chicago, 21 Mar. 2018
  • A weak schedule with underwhelming wins does not impress computer rankers.
    Victor Mather, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2016
  • IHeart also maintains the top position on Podtrac, a monthly podcast ranker that measures networks’ unique audience and downloads.
    Time, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The rankers apparently compared the quality of services residents receive against the city’s total budget.
    Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 9 July 2018

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