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 The Sunrise Tiny House has one bedroom positioned above the kitchen and bathroom, accessed by a removable ladder. — New Atlas, 14 Aug. 2026 The match will be Nakashima’s first final above an ATP 250-level event, the lowest of the three tiers on the tour’s ladder of events. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026 Reaching the beach requires descending a narrow ladder through a cleft in the rock, making the arrival nearly as memorable as the snorkeling itself. — Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2026 Moving up the ladder is the Growth plan (starting at $130 per month, discounted to $109 per month with an annual plan), which includes 10 WordPress installations, 100,000 monthly visits, 20GB of storage, and 240GB of data transfers per month. — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ladder

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Khurram Ismail, Chief Product Officer at SanDisk talked about their vision of additional layers in the storage and memory hierarchy for storing persistent KV cache as shown below.

— Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
There are different roles for George Syrianos, Pedro Ferreira and Andy Reid within the Forest hierarchy, as the club has undergone a restructuring behind the scenes.

— Paul Taylor, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of hierarchy

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And how much of a team’s ranking is based on program history versus the number of returning starters — or perhaps the impact of portal recruits and/or true freshmen?

— Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Their bottom-of-the-barrel ranking in sacks, pressure rate, and interceptions could not sit well with a defense-minded head coach.

— Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

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Its scale also extends beyond vehicle assembly, with nearby battery production forming part of Hyundai’s broader manufacturing ecosystem in Georgia.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026
None of this means the iPhone Fold will succeed, though, because foldable phones are notoriously complex, especially at scale.

— Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

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