rank
noun
a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
were ranking
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past progressiveof rank.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"We were monitoring our pages and how they were ranking, and then we saw them all plummet almost immediately, " says Adam.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024
Then they started sparring over whether they were ranking the Bakewell tarts as Bakewell tarts or as food in general.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 31, 2018
Voters in the state were ranking primary candidates in order of preference, and using second- and third-place preferences to settle races in which no first-choice candidate achieves majority support.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2018
In fact, if we were ranking condiments, we'd go 1.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 16, 2013
