'Times Higher Education (THE) has announced the results of the | WordNet

"Times Higher Education (THE) has announced the results of the THE World University Rankings 2022, with the University of Oxford retaining top spot for an impressive sixth consecutive year."

retain
/rɪ'teɪn/

verb

[T] to keep sth; to continue to have sth - preserve

consecutive
/kənˈsekjətɪv/

adjective

[usually before noun] following one after another in a continuous series