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  • noun Plural form of standing.
  • noun A collective list of the standing of each team in a league.

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Examples

  • I have known a faculty of some forty members who were compelled to register the term standings by sitting in a circle and calling off the grades of several hundred students student by student and class by class for each student as it came their turn, while a clerk recorded the grades.

    Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Anonymous

  • I have known a faculty of some forty members who were compelled to register the term standings by sitting in a circle and calling off the grades of several hundred students student by student and class by class for each student as it came their turn, while a clerk recorded the grades.

    The Scientific Monthly, October-December 1915 Scientific Monthly 1915

  • McLaren arrived on home turf off the back of one-two finishes in Turkey and Canada and an unexpected two-three in the European Grand Prix in Valencia, riding the crest of a wave of momentum with its two drivers sat atop the title standings, with high expectations of the new

    Crash.Net Motorsports Newsfeed 2010

  • Adamant that ninth spot in the title standings is not representative of his true performance level during his 'rookie'

    Crash.Net Motorsports Newsfeed 2010

  • At two-thirds of the way through the season, Pedrosa lies in a clear second place in the title standings and looks like the only rider capable of mounting a challenge to runaway series leader Jorge Lorenzo.

    Roadracingworld.com 2010

  • Turkey, and peerless back-to-back grand prix victories in Barcelona and Monte Carlo to vault the Australian to the top of the title standings for the first time in his top flight career - seemingly made it a no-brainer for the successful partnership to continue into a fifth consecutive campaign, doubts had been raised.

    Crash.Net Motorsports Newsfeed 2010

  • With F1 2010 on its mid-season break, a brief look at Schumacher's situation does not make for particularly encouraging reading, as the man who is by some margin the most successful driver in the sport's long history sits a distant ninth in the title standings with just 38 points to his name, 56 fewer than team-mate

    Crash.Net Motorsports Newsfeed 2010

  • Those results place the Pole sixth in the title standings at the midway point, ahead of the likes of Nico Rosberg,

    Crash.Net Motorsports Newsfeed 2010

  • "No gains for us today, which is the first time in a long time," rued the New South Wales native, who has also slipped back behind the second Brawn GP entry of European Grand Prix winner Rubens Barrichello into third spot in the title standings for his troubles.

    Crash.Net Motorsports Newsfeed 2009

  • Behind the zaniness of the initial BCS standings is the growing realization that all of the major-conference teams are vulnerable.

    This Is All Far From Over Darren Everson 2010

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