low-ranking
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Her only contact with other humans is a slit through which she can hear daily mass, save for Marte, the low-ranking Beguine assigned to deliver her meals and empty her slop bucket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
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
Their spies, he says, range from low-ranking soldiers to high-ranking officers.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2024
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
It was futile to say he was just a low-ranking soldier following orders.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
