low-ranking
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Taiwanese military investigators, law-enforcement authorities and prosecutors interviewed for this article described a trend in China’s effort: the increasing use of messaging apps and online loan offers to target low-ranking members of Taiwan’s armed forces.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Starting out as a low-ranking official in the ruling party, he rose to become foreign minister and then served as chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly for nearly all of Kim Jong Il's reign.
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025
Whereas low-ranking females frequently travel great distances in search of food, the matriarchs spend more time nursing their offspring in communal clan dens.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 29, 2024
For example, high-ranking females have priority access to resources in the clan territory and do not need to commute as much as low-ranking females to find food.
From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2024
He often reminded people that he was just a low-ranking member of the minority party, a backbench player if there ever was one.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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