ladder

Example Sentences

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However, defenders of Help to Buy said it helped many people onto the housing ladder and led to more homes being built.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Meta styled Muse Spark as “the first step on our scaling ladder and the first product of a ground-up overhaul.”

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

This doesn’t mean that all Americans are climbing the ladder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Zhang's rise embodied what millions of his followers aspire towards: someone from a small town who climbs the social ladder by forging their own path.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Cline passed the news up the ladder to McGeorge Bundy, Kennedy’s national security adviser.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin