lower ranks
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Previous American wars equally have highlighted both the fraught nature of serving in higher-level leadership roles and in lower ranks where war’s injurious effects are most grievously felt.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
The company has also shuffled its lower ranks over that time.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026
Women are gaining ground in the C-suite, but progress in lower ranks of management is stalling.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
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
They were not subjected to the temptations which assailed those in the higher and the lower ranks of society, and, being less affected by tradition, they wrought out for themselves independent ideals.
From Women of England by Bartlett Burleigh James