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
The responders entered up interior stairs and ground ladders, DFS said.
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Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
At an elementary school in southwest Boise, in the fall of 2020, children in pre-K went to their recess on the playground, laughing and climbing ladders to reach the slide.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2025
Johnson, who reveled in mixing in hook-and-ladders, trick plays and throws to offensive linemen, was particularly flashy.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
The challenge was a very physical obstacle course involving cargo nets, wide-step bridges, digging up ladders, opening rope gates and scaling ramps.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Climbers can tackle ladders, cross suspension bridges, and tiptoe their way across a tightrope walk.
—AFAR Media, 30 Sep. 2025
This tree goes up fast in three easy steps and makes adding ornaments a breeze—no ladders needed.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
Instead of using natural handholds in the rock, via ferrata climbers move almost exclusively using artificial hardware drilled into the rock face, such as chains, cables, bridges, and ladders, and are attached to these fixtures via a tether and harness at all times.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 29 Sep. 2025
The van had ladders on top and reflective tape on the back.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2025
Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
At an elementary school in southwest Boise, in the fall of 2020, children in pre-K went to their recess on the playground, laughing and climbing ladders to reach the slide.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2025
Johnson, who reveled in mixing in hook-and-ladders, trick plays and throws to offensive linemen, was particularly flashy.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
The challenge was a very physical obstacle course involving cargo nets, wide-step bridges, digging up ladders, opening rope gates and scaling ramps.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Climbers can tackle ladders, cross suspension bridges, and tiptoe their way across a tightrope walk.
—AFAR Media, 30 Sep. 2025
This tree goes up fast in three easy steps and makes adding ornaments a breeze—no ladders needed.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
Instead of using natural handholds in the rock, via ferrata climbers move almost exclusively using artificial hardware drilled into the rock face, such as chains, cables, bridges, and ladders, and are attached to these fixtures via a tether and harness at all times.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 29 Sep. 2025
The van had ladders on top and reflective tape on the back.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ladders
Noun
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The challenge for free societies is that the effectiveness of leadership and social hierarchies always affords the possibility for authoritarianism.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Oct. 2025
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Just as Italian Neorealism and Brazilian Cinema Novo once did, through his cinema, Walter’s inner space opens its doors horizontally, without agendas or hierarchies, so that all human emotion can converse within this personal yet collective space.—
Alejandro González Iñárritu,
Deadline,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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So, the goal would have multiple factors that are all building at very large scales.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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For now, economic heavyweights California and New York are treading water but could easily tip the scales.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Martin, 38, created, co-wrote and stars in Wayward, a Netflix mystery series that follows a local police officer's investigation into a local school for troubled teens in an isolated small town.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Jays are entering the series against the Dodgers as underdogs according to baseball experts and betting odds.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Ladders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ladders. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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