How to Use in descending order in a Sentence

in descending order

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  • Sort the report in descending order by on-hand dollars.
    — Rick Morris, Forbes, 25 July 2022
  • Here are the most unhinged moments, ranked in descending order of hingedness.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2021
  • With all due respect to all the great places that aren’t on this list, here, in descending order, are our Top 5 Birmingham barbecue joints.
    — Bob Carlton | [email protected], al, 5 June 2023
  • The list is revealed below, in descending order, so no spoilers here.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Here’s a flavor-profile guide in descending order by price.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Here’s a list, in descending order, of important factors that make a shotgun shootable.
    — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 6 July 2020
  • Here are our picks for Birmingham’s Top 5 pizza joints, in descending order.
    — Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 12 June 2023
  • With that in mind, here are 12 clothing items and shoes – which are listed in descending order according to price – to gift the jetsetting dad in your life this upcoming Father’s Day.
    — Katie Chang, Forbes, 8 June 2022
  • Points are given based on order of finish in the standings, with six for first place, five for second place, and so on in descending order (ties are broken, if possible, based on head-to-head results).
    — Pat Stoetzer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 20 June 2021
  • As a baronet descended, Brooksbank comes from the only class of British nobility not part of the peerage, the ranks of which consist (in descending order of precedence) of duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron.
    — Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Apr. 2023
  • As a baronet descended, Brooksbank comes from the only class of British nobility not part of the peerage, the ranks of which consist (in descending order of precedence) of duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron.
    — Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Roll balls down the boxes in descending order or attempt to bounce a ball into a box—there are limitless play possibilities.
    — Erica Puisis, Parents, 9 Mar. 2024
  • All dog foods must name everything that's in them in descending order by weight, but ingredient lists do not tell you anything about quality.
    — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 11 Aug. 2020
  • He was followed in descending order of rank by the six other members of the new Politburo Standing Committee, China’s top leadership body.
    — Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Below are the top returning rushers among all private school athletes based on The Dallas Morning News’ top 20 leaders from a season ago (listed in descending order of yards).
    — Dallas News, 28 July 2021
  • Below are the top returning receivers among all private school athletes based on The Dallas Morning News’ top 20 leaders from a season ago (listed in descending order of yards).
    — Dallas News, 29 July 2021
  • Below are the top returning passers among all private school athletes, based on The Dallas Morning News’ top 20 passing leaders from a season ago (listed in descending order of yards).
    — Demetrio Teniente, Dallas News, 24 July 2023
  • Here are the 10 most urgent cases of journalists under attack for pursuing the truth, ranked in descending order of urgency: 1.
    — Madeleine Carlisle, Time, 1 June 2020
  • Below are the top returning rushers among all private school athletes, based on The Dallas Morning News’ top 20 rushing leaders from a season ago (listed in descending order of yards).
    — Demetrio Teniente, Dallas News, 25 July 2023
  • Here’s our guide to the entire menu — sans two soups (one mushroom, one a nondairy tomato variety) that launched after our visits — complete with taste-test reactions and our favorites listed in descending order.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Below are the top returning receivers among all private school athletes, based on The Dallas Morning News’ top 20 receiving leaders from a season ago (listed in descending order of yards).
    — Demetrio Teniente, Dallas News, 26 July 2023
  • Play Similarly to Solitaire, players are to build the tableau by alternating colors in descending order.
    — Veronica Bravo, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Those are the three main levels of classification, in descending order, corresponding to the sensitivity of a document’s content—and the severity of the threat to national security that would come with its release.
    — Dustin Volz, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
  • After special education, districts said other areas of greatest concern were, in descending order: math, career and technical education, science and speech-language pathologists.
    — Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
  • That was followed in descending order by what jobs applicants had in college, their college majors, volunteer experiences, extracurricular activities, relevance of coursework and grade point averages.
    — Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2021

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