Thesaurus results for LADDER

ladder

noun

ˈla-dər

Definition of ladder

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 What Genesis unveiled in San Francisco last week was not merely another step up the luxury ladder. — New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026 Firefighters widened a hole on top of the cistern and lowered a ladder. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026 The strain of ‘climbing the ladder’ The best esports players often have grinding schedules. — Erica D. Henn, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026 Lewie Coyle is now ready to make his Premier League debut after working his way up English football’s ladder, but there is a poignancy to the story after father Chris, a market trader in their home city, died in 2022. — Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ladder

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Depending on the club, the hierarchies are still clear, and there might be little overlap between those positions.

— Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Naked mole rat colonies have a hierarchy that loosely aligns with body size, where only the largest females have a shot at becoming queen—and only the queen reproduces.

— Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2026

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The list measures which albums and EPs rack up the most streams throughout the United States, and neither Hussle nor Rideaux had reached the relatively new ranking before this week.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Eala is the first Filipino to win a junior Grand Slam, beat a Top Ten opponent, win a Grand Slam match, reach Wimbledon’s fourth round, win a Women’s Tennis Association tournament, and attain a Top Twenty ranking.

— Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

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Project Cayman is part of ONE Nuclear’s broader strategy to develop utility-scale natural gas and advanced nuclear generation for industrial and grid applications.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
One of the most striking indications of the scale of this campaign is the explosion of high treason and espionage prosecutions since the start of the war.

— Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026

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