league table

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noun British

a tabulated comparison of clubs or teams competing in a sporting league

a set of statistics used to compare the performance of a number of individuals, groups, or institutionsa league table of examination results

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Words nearby league table

League City, league football, League of Nations, League of Women Voters, leaguer, league table, Leah, Leahy, leak, leakage, leakance

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How to use league table in a sentence

But as an American creating a new brand here, and living the daily life of the souk, he seems to be in a league of his own.
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Meanwhile, the Anti-Defamation League issued a statement deploring the state GOP for its failure to censure Duke.
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He gets up and goes over to their table and introduces himself, and he says, ‘Hello, I’m Oliver Reed.
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This initiative had the support of all 22 members of the Arab League, which in and of itself is remarkable.
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Joel Osteen wants to talk about muting your cell phone at the dinner table.
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Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.
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A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
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There were at least a dozen ladies seated round the big table at the Parsonage.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Miss Smith immediately rises from the table, puts up her dear little mouth to her papa to be kissed.
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He sighed as he laid the papers on the table; for he thought the task would be a harder one than even his own immolation.
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