entry-level

adjective

en·​try-lev·​el ˈen-trē-ˌle-vəl How to pronounce entry-level (audio)
: of or being at the lowest level of a hierarchy
entry-level jobs

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Even the smallest, entry-level rooms have ample storage space, though these Inside cabins do lack windows and start at a cozy 151 square feet. Susan B. Barnes, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2025 For example, the finance sector leader Washington Bankers Association (WBA) historically worked with third parties to provide training for entry-level finance positions. Jean Eddy, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025 Their demands are modest—a higher entry-level salary ($50,000 a year rather than $45,000, still peanuts for a job based in Manhattan in 2022) and more diversity in hiring—demands that a publisher owned by one of the world’s largest media conglomerates should easily be able to provide. Maris Kreizman july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025 In February, a labor report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported that computer-science majors had a higher unemployment rate than ethnic-studies majors did—the result, some believed, of A.I. automating entry-level coding jobs. Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for entry-level

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First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of entry-level was in 1946

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“Entry-level.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entry-level. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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