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The campaign has punished millions of high-flying officials and low-ranking cadres alike, shaking government agencies, the military and state-owned companies.
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Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Modi belonged to the low-ranking Ghanchi caste, whose members traditionally sell vegetable oil; Modi’s father ran a small tea shop near the train station, where his young son helped.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Even for a low-ranking draftee like me, little is more valuable than the assurances that your commanders have your back.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
Four sailors who put the tracking devices aboard the boats were also named in the indictment, as was a sergeant and an ensign, or low-ranking officer.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
When the banks were bailed out (not the homeowners) and when only one low-ranking securities executive went to prison after all of the damage the banking industry had caused, some Black voters came away convinced that the Democratic Party was the party of the rich.
—K. Ward Cummings, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2025
Officers could now pursue not only the smaller pool of senior Hamas commanders, arms depots and rocket launchers that were the focus of earlier campaigns, but also thousands of low-ranking fighters as well as those indirectly involved in military matters.
—Samuel Granados, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
After early nominations for the likes of Thomas Jefferson, the first secretary of state, and Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the Treasury, Washington personally nominated hundreds of customs collectors, low-ranking officers in the military and territorial officials.
—Peter Kastor, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
After three weeks of House Republicans scrambling and cycling through potential replacements, Republicans settled on Johnson — a Southern Baptist traditional conservative who at the time was a widely unknown figure and held only a low-ranking slot in House leadership.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 3 Jan. 2025
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Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Modi belonged to the low-ranking Ghanchi caste, whose members traditionally sell vegetable oil; Modi’s father ran a small tea shop near the train station, where his young son helped.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Even for a low-ranking draftee like me, little is more valuable than the assurances that your commanders have your back.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
Four sailors who put the tracking devices aboard the boats were also named in the indictment, as was a sergeant and an ensign, or low-ranking officer.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
When the banks were bailed out (not the homeowners) and when only one low-ranking securities executive went to prison after all of the damage the banking industry had caused, some Black voters came away convinced that the Democratic Party was the party of the rich.
—K. Ward Cummings, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2025
Officers could now pursue not only the smaller pool of senior Hamas commanders, arms depots and rocket launchers that were the focus of earlier campaigns, but also thousands of low-ranking fighters as well as those indirectly involved in military matters.
—Samuel Granados, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
After early nominations for the likes of Thomas Jefferson, the first secretary of state, and Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the Treasury, Washington personally nominated hundreds of customs collectors, low-ranking officers in the military and territorial officials.
—Peter Kastor, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
After three weeks of House Republicans scrambling and cycling through potential replacements, Republicans settled on Johnson — a Southern Baptist traditional conservative who at the time was a widely unknown figure and held only a low-ranking slot in House leadership.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Low-ranking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-ranking. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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