lower ranks
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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
Goldman has made some diversity progress among the lower ranks.
From Reuters • May 13, 2022
Opposition defense spokesperson Brendan O’Connor said Australia currently only provided some training for its neighbors’ commissioned military officers and none for lower ranks.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2022
In the lower ranks of society men married younger—they had no false aims to prevent them: that implied earlier engagements.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 by Various
