ladder

Example Sentences

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The friends have said they will use their shared £20,000 prize to invest in getting on the property ladder after both their mums had been renting.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

The Medieval-castle-themed hotel on the south end of the Strip—signature attraction the Tournament of Kings show and dinner—is on the lowest rung of the MGM Resorts ladder in Las Vegas.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Together, these discoveries point away from a simple ladder of progress.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

There used to be a lot of steps up the ladder — you’d play clubs at your band’s start, then theaters, then go onto bigger things.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

We walked on home with the ladder, stepping high over shadows, in a drone of locusts and the gathering gloom, the night before school took up.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck