Thesaurus results for LADDER

ladder

noun

ˈla-dər

Definition of ladder next

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 team that spotted him was part of the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee, which lays the ladders and ropes on the route at the start of each climbing season and then removes the equipment and cleans up the site after the climbers have left. —

ABC News, 4 June 2026 Voice and remote control mean these windows are finally manageable without ladders, awkward reaching, or leaving them permanently in one position. —

Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 2 June 2026 Bucci said the tier was designed to do more than create a price ladder. —

Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2026 The Windward Pavilion also has an ADA-compliant ladder in the plunge pool. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for ladder

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McGinniss watches and lives and eats with the team, painting enchanting portraits of the team hierarchy at work over many-course meals.

— Leander Schaerlaeckens June 8, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
The Spanish hierarchy had largely dismissed the scale of abuse in their church for decades until a newspaper began documenting a legacy of abuse and cover-up.

— Suman Naishadham, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026