ladder
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The remaining funds could be divided between a Treasury or CD ladder, which can provide a predictable stream of income over the next several years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
After studying law, Rubio quickly climbed the political ladder, winning his first election in 1998.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Here, a filmmaker who managed to reach the peak of Olympus makes the prideful, ill-fated decision to hoist a ladder toward the stars, trying to get even higher, past where even the Gods can see.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Beijing wants “to move up the ladder fast and dominate technologies. For that, the fact that people consume and go to the cinema doesn’t really help.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Trembling, he climbed the ladder and took two of the oldest cheeses from their shelf.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
Some species may have acted as fire ladders, helping flames move through the landscape while also crowding out and smothering other vegetation.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
The city is recommending “tamper-resistant steel cages around the units,” locking all exterior ladders and setting up motion-activated security cameras that would immediately notify business owners or landlords about unauthorized rooftop activity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Fifteen engines and turntable ladders were being used to tackle the flames from above, London Fire Brigade said.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
The research that discovered this truth about bond ladders was first presented in a 2015 article, “Bond Ladders and Rolling Yield Convergence.”
From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026
Most awkward for washing and things, all water and soiled pans have to be handed up and down the ladders.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
BDC managers tell Barron’s that public debt is just one part of their financing structure and that their debt is laddered with staggered maturities.
From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026
Allocating some money away from the stock market would make for more diversification — a set of bond funds or a laddered bond portfolio of bonds, for example.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 25, 2025
A dramatic musical score—like something out of a Marvel movie—plays loudly over clips of officers entering the windows of the garrisoned building, climbing on their laddered megatruck, and breaking the locks to the doors.
From Slate ● May 4, 2024
That means if Mr. Johnson does go with the laddered approach, spending could be spared from the 1% slash.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
His hand on the thin and laddered ribs.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
We might start by adopting “relatively low-risk actions and laddering up boldness from there.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
When we talked two years ago before all this happened, the investment was really in gaming, and that was laddering into creators.
From The Verge ● Dec. 21, 2021
There are loads of ways to draw down your portfolio, including with annuities, bond laddering and simply selling off financial assets piecemeal.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2018
Build off your initial ideas by interacting with others, combining ideas and laddering up the benefits scale.
From Forbes ● Apr. 16, 2014
I was a scholarship boy at the time, busily laddering my way up the rungs of education.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
