ladder

Example Sentences

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If you choose CDs, consider building a ladder so that portions of your money mature at regular intervals and remain accessible.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Most of Chwalinska's career has been spent on the lower rungs of the professional ladder, travelling around trying to make ends meets.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Most of her career has been spent on the lower rungs of the professional ladder, travelling around trying to make ends meets.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

The cubicle-based jobs—customer service, data entry, payroll processing—created a vital ladder to the middle class, helping replace factory work lost to overseas competition.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

We walked on home with the ladder, stepping high over shadows, in a drone of locusts and the gathering gloom, the night before school took up.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck