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ranking

2 adjective
     
ranking2 [only before noun] especially American English
a ranking person has a high, or the highest, position in an organization or is one of the best at an activity:
the panel's ranking Democrat, William Clay
He's the ship's ranking officer (=the one with the highest rank).
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