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
The black silhouette of a male head and shoulders sits atop a ladder whose rungs are capped at each end with empty spools that might have held the threads of life.
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arkansasonline.com, 7 July 2025
Two soldiers carried an older woman who could not get down a ladder.
—John Seewer, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
For some, Friday the 13th is a day to avoid black cats, steer clear of ladders, and perhaps, stay in bed.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The evolutionary ladder is meant to be climbed one rung at a time with an organism shedding some traits and gaining others on the way up.
—New Atlas, 29 June 2025
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arkansasonline.com, 7 July 2025
Two soldiers carried an older woman who could not get down a ladder.
—John Seewer, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
For some, Friday the 13th is a day to avoid black cats, steer clear of ladders, and perhaps, stay in bed.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The evolutionary ladder is meant to be climbed one rung at a time with an organism shedding some traits and gaining others on the way up.
—New Atlas, 29 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for ladder
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ladder
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The constant need to increase memory performance and density to keep pace with the performance of the processing elements and the demands of increasingly complex workloads, such as AI, has driven innovation at every layer of the hierarchy.—
Jim McGregor,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Where once the ballplayers were the easy marks, now athletes sat at the top of the hierarchy.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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They would be replaced by 11 sergeants, who are higher ranking but less experienced at teaching cadets.—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
29 July 2025
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Alongside Baja California, other low-profile gems mentioned in Travel + Leisure’s ranking include: Sardinia, Italy.—
Paula Soria,
AZCentral.com,
29 July 2025
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By converting carbon dioxide to oxygen on a massive scale, rainforest conservation should be at the forefront of action to save our planet from climate change and ecological collapse.—
Juan Carlos Navarro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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With questionable risks and limited regulatory protections, CO2 storage in pore space seems to hold critical legal, social, and technical challenges before it can be deployed at a scale required to remain under 1.5°C.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
25 July 2025
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“Ladder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ladder. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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