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 Satya Nadella spent more than two decades climbing the ladder at Microsoft before becoming CEO in 2014. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 As the two clubs meet on Wednesday night, each on different trajectories in football’s world of snakes and ladders, that question remains. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026 There have been broader concerns in France that the country's education system is losing ground to other countries and failing in its mission to enable children from disadvantaged backgrounds to move up the social ladder. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 Investors could create a TIPS bond ladder with varying maturities, pegged to their income needs over the next decade, for instance. — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ladder

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The Argentina defender called out United's hierarchy over its offseason recruitment, with director of football Jason Wilcox the apparent target of his criticism.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
How far might a nation go that had no kings to depose, no entrenched hierarchies to uproot, a country so young and iconoclastic and resource-rich?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of hierarchy

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In the overall teen ranking for spring ’25 and Fall ’25 and ’26 surveys, On maintained its seventh place ranking.

— Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Some companies may have paid an application fee in order to be considered, but this payment does not impact a company's inclusion or ranking.

— Time, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of ranking

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But the expansion of Bioko's strategy presents formidable challenges, from porous international borders to the sheer scale of the territory.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Some say the scale of disruption may be 100 times greater than that of the Industrial Revolution.

— Scott Levenson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026

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