How to Use rating in a Sentence

rating

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  • The school has an above-average academic rating.
  • The article compares the fuel-economy ratings of various cars.
  • The highest rating, EF 5, has wind gusts of more than 200 miles per hour.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2023
  • This 35-petal rose has a garden rating of 8.5 and has a strong fruit and clove fragrance.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
  • So, how did Davis and the Lakers, who own the league's best defensive rating in the playoffs, do it?
    — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 9 May 2023
  • The show struggled to get ratings traction in those bumpy early years.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
  • An answer appeared to come in the days that followed: The network had its worst ratings week in eight years.
    — Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, 8 June 2023
  • Love was put back in the game and threw an incomplete pass, which caused his passer rating to fall to 157.2.
    — Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
  • That’s got to sting for Trump, who cares deeply about television ratings.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 11 May 2023
  • The top speed is governed at 130 mph and limited by the H rating of the Goodyear radials.
    — Steven Cole Smith, Car and Driver, 2 Sep. 2023
  • To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
    — Nancy Black, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The 2017 game Gloomhaven, which held the highest rating on the site for years, utilizes nineteen mechanics.
    — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The shoes aren’t just trusted by the A-lister: Hundreds of shoppers have given them a five-star rating, too.
    — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2023
  • That’s a sterling 113.5 NFL passer rating in those games.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • More than 1,200 customers have left a glowing review to go along with their five-star rating.
    — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Choosing all- or four-wheel drive lowers all those max tow ratings by 200 pounds.
    — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 28 July 2023
  • None of the tornadoes that hit northern Illinois this week were above an E1 rating.
    — By Kevin Bessler | The Center Square, Washington Examiner, 15 July 2023
  • Moore praised the show’s ratings over the past two years and emphasized its strong performance on Friday nights.
    — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2023
  • With more than 8,900 five-star ratings at Amazon, shoppers have reached the same conclusion as me: this glide-on stick is a must-have.
    — Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The Tahoe destinations on the list received four-star ratings.
    — Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The decals have over 2,900 perfect ratings from shoppers.
    — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Most earplugs tend to have noise reduction ratings that range from 20 to 33 decibels, Fletcher says.
    — Sherri Gordon, Verywell Health, 14 June 2023
  • But like their more expensive siblings, both come with an S Pen stylus in the box and offer full IP68 ratings.
    — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2023
  • For instance, a 1-4 MERV rating means the filter can remove 20% of all particles.
    — Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Ives still has a buy equivalent rating on the stock, but has also lowered his price target.
    — Esha Dey, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2024
  • When Goff is pressured, his passer rating is a woeful 62.9.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Otherwise, the performance of the pan was exemplary and earned an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars.
    — Kristen (kj) Callihan, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2023
  • You might be tempted to buy products on Amazon that have glowing reviews and high ratings.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Lots of phones now come with scratch-resistant glass as well as water and dust resistance ratings.
    — Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2023
  • Shares have now dropped almost 50% from their July peak and the stock now has two sell ratings, one hold and no buy recommendation.
    — Youkyung Lee, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023

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