Example Sentences

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Most of her career has been spent on the lower rungs of the professional ladder, travelling around trying to make ends meets.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

As AI replaces some of the lower rungs on the professional ladder, businesses lose the system that historically made inexperienced graduates into trusted professionals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Each was a career politician who spent decades laboriously climbing the government rungs before being elected governor.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

Dishwashers occupy one of the humblest rungs, but they are among the most badly needed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

On the back, almost hidden against the wall, iron rungs led upward - a ladder.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan