Rankin

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proper noun

A Scottish and Northern Irish surname, from a diminutive of the name Ronald.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A Scottish and Northern Irish surname, from a diminutive of the name Ronald.

    Rankin sanctioned Ayala $3,000 and kicked him off the lawsuit after the lawyer admitted incorporating the hallucinated AI-generated cases in the brief. Morgan and Goody were sanctioned $1,000 each.

    2025 February 10, Debra Cassens Weiss, “No. 42 law firm by head count sanctioned over fake case citations generated by AI”, in ABA Journal, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2025
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A village in Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. An unincorporated community in Andrew County, Missouri.
    3. An unincorporated community in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.
    4. A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
    5. An unincorporated community in Ellis County, Texas.
    6. A small city, the county seat of Upton County, Texas.
    7. An unincorporated community in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.

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Cite this entry
APA

Rankin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rankin

MLA

“Rankin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rankin. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Rankin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rankin.

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