lower ranks

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Women are gaining ground in the C-suite, but progress in lower ranks of management is stalling.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

Mr. Jordan was once a bomb-thrower from the lower ranks of the GOP who worked his way into top committee posts.

From Washington Times • Oct. 10, 2023

"The parties must convey clear and unequivocal instructions to lower ranks," said the UN, African Union and regional orgainsation IGAD.

From Reuters • May 12, 2023

This ethnically mixed population dominated urban areas, often working as shoemakers, tailors, and other types of artisans; some mestizo and pardo men served in the lower ranks of the colonial militias.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Many of the lower ranks wear upon their head a sort of hood of black silk, the Egyptian chaf-chaf.

From Oriental Women by Pollard, Edward Bagby