social ladder
Example Sentences
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Success is chased at any cost and putting on a foreign accent can help you climb Nigeria's social ladder - even if you have not been abroad.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2025
Nearly a third of residents are foreign-born, with immigrants living all across the county and occupying all rungs of the social ladder.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025
The relationship between George and James deepened as George spent years moving up the court's social ladder.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2024
“I think we will eventually move down the social ladder and end up below the poverty line,” she said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2022
The boy had been to enough schools to know that certain rules were universal and that kids like Toby occupied lower rungs of the social ladder.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
