social ladder

Example Sentences

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Nearly a third of residents are foreign-born, with immigrants living all across the county and occupying all rungs of the social ladder.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025

The relationship between George and James deepened as George spent years moving up the court's social ladder.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2024

The only way back up the social ladder was through merit, and many lower-level aristocrats proved themselves as eager bureaucrats in the service of new sovereigns.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

While Daniel pushed his barrow, at the other end of the Nigerian social ladder, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice grew increasingly worried about their daughter's health.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2023

But if you make the basketball team, you move up the social ladder.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt