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
Single-room occupancy housing, think early 20th century boarding houses, used to be common as one of the first rungs on the housing ladder.
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Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
At greasing time, each of us competitors climbed a ladder held stable by a 610 Stomper and a Merry Antoinette.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
This is all political, and William is trying to figure out how to move to the next step or actually leap-frog a couple of steps on the political ladder.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
Dispatchers received two 911 calls to respond to the house from Lopez and a neighbor who told him about the ladder.
—Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2025
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Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
At greasing time, each of us competitors climbed a ladder held stable by a 610 Stomper and a Merry Antoinette.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
This is all political, and William is trying to figure out how to move to the next step or actually leap-frog a couple of steps on the political ladder.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
Dispatchers received two 911 calls to respond to the house from Lopez and a neighbor who told him about the ladder.
—Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ladder
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Organizations can also ensure communication is happening between the leader and individual team members, among team members and throughout the hierarchy—leveraging leadership forums, town halls, CEO addresses and the like.—
Tracy Brower,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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However, this is still a bit of a step down when looking at conference hierarchy.—
Mark Schindler,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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That’s high praise for a player who until pretty recently was just trying to finish number-one in the PGA Tour University rankings.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2025
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Moana also returned to the movie rankings after two weeks outside the top 10 with 223 million minutes.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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Throughout more than two months of interviews with more than two dozen experts, advisors, and practitioners nearly everyone mentioned the big three – scale, efficiencies in administration and spending, and the ability to level-up teaching and school services through sharing best practices.—
Derek Newton,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The other major factor here is that Joe Biden never forgave Barack Obama for putting his thumb on the scale for Hillary Clinton to become the nominee in 2016.—
Terry Gross,
NPR,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Ladder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ladder. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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