Thesaurus results for LADDER

ladder

noun

ˈla-dər

Definition of ladder

as in hierarchy

a scheme of rank or order their team placed third on the tournament ladder

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Recent Examples of ladder And the institutions that spent decades telling young workers to find a mentor, work the room, and climb the ladder are increasingly on the outside of a network they were never invited into. — Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 To capture the absurdity of OSHA’s influence, Tremaine pointed to how in Season 1 Steve-O jumped off a ladder into a kiddie pool filled with elephant poop. — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 2 July 2026 Use it to haul supplies or protect your vehicle from ladder rung rub. — Kris Millgate, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Fire crews quickly deployed ladders and were able to get both people down safely. — Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for ladder

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Noun

The idea of rapid career acceleration, equity and a dynamic culture can be more appealing than the hierarchies of corporate America.

— Vikram Joshi, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
That hierarchy means performance depends more on charging access during dwell time than the multi-source framing might suggest even if that access requires only a standard industrial outlet.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2026

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Noun

The Westchester suburb of Rye dropped to third in the annual ranking, with an income of $428,806.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Monday, Forbes published its second-ever ranking of America’s Decabillionaire families, featuring 54 multi-generational clans worth at least $10 billion apiece.

— Matt Durot, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of ranking

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There are limits to this model, however Replicating this success at scale won’t be easy, said Paul Dergarabedian, head of marketplace trends for Rentrak.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
China pursues industrial policy at much greater scale and with more direct state authority.

— Nili Gilbert, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

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