lower ranks
Example Sentences
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"The parties must convey clear and unequivocal instructions to lower ranks," said the UN, African Union and regional orgainsation IGAD.
From Reuters • May 12, 2023
Hit by a sluggish stock market and economic slowdown, some Washington billionaires have gotten a little less wealthy and fallen to lower ranks on Forbes’ annual list of billionaires.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2023
A pilot program allows young enlisted soldiers - those in the three lower ranks - to get a promotion if they refer someone who enlists and goes to basic training.
From Washington Times • Feb. 12, 2023
If a daughter were to complete secondary school and become a teacher, she crossed the threshold into the lower ranks of the middle class.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Others, less beautiful and lacking her talent, had been again and again introduced from lower ranks into the nobility of England, accepted by its queen, and honored by society.
From The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
