low-ranking

adjective

: having a low rank or position
low-ranking officials

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Unlike many of the low-ranking states, however, Texas performed fairly well in military engagement, ranking No. 13 overall. Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 3 July 2025 My own life as a dismally low-ranking yeoman began just out of high school. Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025 The campaign has punished millions of high-flying officials and low-ranking cadres alike, shaking government agencies, the military and state-owned companies. 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

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“Low-ranking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-ranking. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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