lower ranks
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Mr. Jordan was once a bomb-thrower from the lower ranks of the GOP who worked his way into top committee posts.
From Washington Times • Oct. 10, 2023
This ethnically mixed population dominated urban areas, often working as shoemakers, tailors, and other types of artisans; some mestizo and pardo men served in the lower ranks of the colonial militias.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Goldman has made some diversity progress among the lower ranks.
From Reuters • May 13, 2022
Opposition defense spokesperson Brendan O’Connor said Australia currently only provided some training for its neighbors’ commissioned military officers and none for lower ranks.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2022
No "Profession."—The fact is that, in the lower ranks of the teachers' calling, there is really no profession.
From Rural Life and the Rural School by Kennedy, Joseph
