ladder

Example Sentences

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Follow your own gut by putting your money in a secure vehicle like a Treasury or CD ladder.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

The average age of a first-time buyer in England has climbed to 34, with new research showing the growing difficulty of getting on the housing ladder.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

What they won’t tell you is that every year you spend climbing someone else’s ladder is a year you lose the exponential benefits of being young, broke and underestimated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

While some challenges are universal, the difficulty of getting on the housing ladder depends largely on where in the country a person is based.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

But Josie had already dived down under the raft and begun swimming for the ladder.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix