leaderboard

noun

lead·​er·​board ˈlē-dər-ˌbȯrd How to pronounce leaderboard (audio)
: a large board for displaying the ranking of the leaders in a competitive event (such as a golf tournament)

Examples of leaderboard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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. 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 See all Example Sentences for leaderboard 

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Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of leaderboard was in 1963

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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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