ladders

noun

plural of ladder
as in hierarchies
a scheme of rank or order their team placed third on the tournament ladder

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Recent Examples of ladders Additionally, local fire department ladders only reached a height of 100 feet, CW affiliate WGN and WBC reported at the time. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026 The city studies the problem and eventually installs a few more ladders and a few more life rings — genuinely useful, and genuinely insufficient. — Joseph V. Sakran, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2026 As storm clean-up continues, residents may borrow tools like water pumps, chainsaws, fans, ladders, garden equipment and other tools from Empower Tools, a tool lending library, at no cost. — Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Aug. 2026 Multi-story homes that require homeowners to climb extension ladders to clean second-story gutters. — Nick Perry, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 Issues include elevated pH levels,and improper signage, filters and ladders. — Abby Dodge, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 As Stevie Wonder’s eponymous 1972 hit suggests, there’s something specifically ominous about a 13-month-old baby that puts it in league with the bad juju of falling ladders and broken looking glasses. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026 Her video showed workers in green vests clinging to the upper portion of the structure during the collapse before eventually climbing down ladders to the ground. — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Most of the Winter Wolves don’t survive the assault on the castle wall, and those that climb the ladders are greeted with urns of hot oil. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ladders
  1. hierarchies
  2. rankings
  3. scales
  4. series
Noun
  • While mapping these structural hierarchies is a foundational data modeling challenge, the piece that most organizations completely underestimate is the dynamic signal layer.
    — Filip Popovic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Estrangement often happens when these two ideas of family collide and cannot be reconciled – when one member insists that biological or origin ties and hierarchies reinforce the family unit, and another insists that behavior does.
    — Rin Reczek, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of hierarchies
Noun
  • Texas dominated many national rankings in the report as well, with the ZIP code encompassing the Dallas suburb of Crandall ranking second on the list and a more urban Dallas ZIP code ranking 10th.
    — Faith Bugenhagen, Austin American Statesman, 28 Feb. 2026
Definition of rankings
Noun
  • Usually, the areas are moist and shiny, not with the whitish scales seen in plaque psoriasis.
    — Ruth Jessen Hickman, HEALTH, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Catalyst replacement and maintenance can add significantly to operating costs, particularly as electrolyzers are deployed at larger scales and connected to renewable energy sources that can introduce fluctuating operating conditions.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of scales
Noun
  • Through those networks, Johnson advocated for a series of measures that changed police practices across California.
    — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The series, which Kaling executive produced with showrunner Charlie Grandy and 3 Arts Entertainment’s Howard Klein, launched in June and ran for nine episodes.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of series

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“Ladders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ladders. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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