bottom-rung
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They’ve also put stress on the bottom-rung of households in the “K-shaped” economy, whereas you can argue there has been an improvement for the upper-rung, Kelly said.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 6, 2025
Sacramento State, long considered a bottom-rung athletics program amid the far-flung California State University system, has ambitions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2025
Those watching would have been forgiven for thinking Evans would breeze past the unheralded Vasa, who plies most of his trade far away from the Grand Slam tournaments on the bottom-rung Futures Tour.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2024
Burgos catapulted a bottom-rung team into a Marin powerhouse.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2020
They all worked at bottom-rung jobs in “big-box” superstores and fast- food franchises for $7 an hour.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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