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
Ripley ended up getting the pin and win over Sane to move into the women’s Money in the Bank ladder match, which will take place next month in California.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
Hussain’s family wonders whether the ladder was properly locked into place when Hussain placed his full body weight on it.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 21 May 2025
The show will also continue with more qualifying matches for the upcoming Money in the Bank ladder matches.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Europe’s picture is flatter still, thanks to heavier redistribution and less winner-take-all compensation at the top of the corporate ladder.
—Daniel Waldenstrom, Foreign Affairs, 19 May 2025
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
Hussain’s family wonders whether the ladder was properly locked into place when Hussain placed his full body weight on it.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 21 May 2025
The show will also continue with more qualifying matches for the upcoming Money in the Bank ladder matches.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Europe’s picture is flatter still, thanks to heavier redistribution and less winner-take-all compensation at the top of the corporate ladder.
—Daniel Waldenstrom, Foreign Affairs, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ladder
Noun
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Like ants, nematodes didn’t appear to display any obvious role differentiation or hierarchy within the tower structures, Perez said.—
Kameryn Griesser,
CNN Money,
5 June 2025
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Lasry spoke about how success is a combination of chemistry and talent, particularly in basketball, where there’s a hierarchy for who will have the ball in their hands at the most important moments.—
Hank Tucker,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
Noun
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European countries dominate global rankings of healthcare systems characterized by universal access and defining health as a right rather than a commodity.—
RSM Discovery,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The ranking of those soccer leagues is determined by a formula that calculates how well teams from that league performed in the previous season’s European competitions, and the bids handed out to each country are determined by domestic league standings.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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The hotel said their scale would appeal to guests from the Middle East.—
Mark Landler,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Artificial Intelligence Refocused On Risk Management The Biden-era policy positioned artificial intelligence as a strategic asset for defense, encouraging public-private collaboration, dataset sharing and predictive threat detection at scale.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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“Ladder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ladder. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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