lower ranks
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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
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
It says these losses are likely to contribute to a loss of morale and poor discipline among lower ranks.
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2022
The audience had been crammed together now for full seven hours; they numbered some two thousand persons, and were largely composed of people from the lower ranks of life.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second by Gozzi, Count Carlo