leaderboard
noun
lead·er·board
ˈlē-dər-ˌbȯrd 
: a large board for displaying the ranking of the leaders in a competitive event (such as a golf tournament)
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And, with Tortured Poets, Swift should score a 12th U.K. No. 1 album, equaling Madonna at the top of the leaderboard of solo female artists.
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Lars Brandle, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2024
And a group of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, recently started Chatbot Arena, a popular leaderboard that pits anonymous, randomized A.I. models against one another and asks users to vote on the best model.
—Kevin Roose, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Peter Malnati rolled in five birdies, charged up the leaderboard and captured the Valspar Championship title on Sunday in Palm Harbor, Florida.
Malnati, a 36-year-old former Missouri Tigers standout, won his second career PGA Tour event — and his first since November 2015.
—Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2024
May December, another movie that started awards season red hot, only got one nomination in Original Screenplay and now sits stalled on the overall leaderboard in 14th place with 345 points on the season.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
At one point in the final round, there was a four-way tie atop the leaderboard among Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, Max Homa and Aberg.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
And this edition looks set to add to that list as a grandstand final day beckons with five players separated by just four shots at the top of the leaderboard after all of them displayed moments of fragility in the attritional third round.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
And someone new will sit atop the leaderboard, if only for a moment.
—Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2024
But that was before eight bogeys and two double-bogeys, offset by just a pair of birdies, left the 48-year-old Woods at the bottom of the leaderboard rather than the top.
—Dave Skretta, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2024
Lars Brandle, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2024
And a group of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, recently started Chatbot Arena, a popular leaderboard that pits anonymous, randomized A.I. models against one another and asks users to vote on the best model.
—Kevin Roose, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Peter Malnati rolled in five birdies, charged up the leaderboard and captured the Valspar Championship title on Sunday in Palm Harbor, Florida.
Malnati, a 36-year-old former Missouri Tigers standout, won his second career PGA Tour event — and his first since November 2015.
—Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2024
May December, another movie that started awards season red hot, only got one nomination in Original Screenplay and now sits stalled on the overall leaderboard in 14th place with 345 points on the season.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
At one point in the final round, there was a four-way tie atop the leaderboard among Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, Max Homa and Aberg.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
And this edition looks set to add to that list as a grandstand final day beckons with five players separated by just four shots at the top of the leaderboard after all of them displayed moments of fragility in the attritional third round.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
And someone new will sit atop the leaderboard, if only for a moment.
—Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2024
But that was before eight bogeys and two double-bogeys, offset by just a pair of birdies, left the 48-year-old Woods at the bottom of the leaderboard rather than the top.
—Dave Skretta, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2024
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“Leaderboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leaderboard. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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