Thesaurus results for RUNGS

rungs

noun

plural of rung

as in ranks

the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement the greasy spoon restaurant was several rungs below the kind of establishment in which we usually dined

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as in canes

Scottish a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment the watchman usually carried a stout oak rung

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Recent Examples of rungs Quarry Park Adventures’ via ferrata climbing route features iron rungs, tightrope cables and wooden boards along the walls of the circular quarry. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Both of those rungs on the proverbial ladder should be celebrated and certainly not taken for granted. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Another survivor, Ram Chandra, described gripping onto rungs of the ceiling to make his way out of the tunnel as water, concrete and debris swirled around him. — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026 Their 3-point shooting once again ranked in the bottom rungs of the league. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 Yet experts warn that Southeast Asia’s competitive edge—its abundance of cheap, low-skilled labor—could trap it at the bottom rungs of the AI tech ladder. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 The higher Khalil got on the rungs of congressional seniority, the more circumspect the lawmakers sounded. — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 Gray has spent much of his career excavating the particular anxieties of New York families trying to climb a few rungs higher in society. — Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2026 The superstar has now landed a dozen projects on the roster, and only two have peaked in lower rungs. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

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Noun

This season is really no different, with many teams filling the top ranks in the nation.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Amid a flurry of cuts the past couple of years, the number of women in the highest ranks at the major studios has dwindled, and grows fewer by the day.

— Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of ranks

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Questions that have been proposed for removal deal with memory, fatigue, arthritis, difficulty walking and climbing stairs, as well as others about the use of hearing aids, canes, wheelchairs and scooters.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
This is because fruit development consumes much of the vine’s energy, so removing the fruit at this point allows the vine’s energy to continue to develop a strong cordon, canes (vertical shoots), and root system.

— The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026

Definition of canes

Noun

Those with high levels of hope had better later outcomes in health, education and employment.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
The association advocates on behalf of counties at the state and federal levels and Knaus was frequently outspoken on issues involving California’s budget, health care and homelessness.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of levels

Noun

The study team gave them wooden batons and instructions to not physically harm the prisoners, but maintain law and order.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
For days, protesters have hurled rocks, flares, firebombs and fireworks at police who have used batons, water cannons and tear gas in clashes in the city center.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of batons

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The three-part documentary follows the brothers’ rise from their privileged youth in Miami to reaching the highest echelons of high-end real estate, first at Douglas Elliman and then at their own brokerage, called Official.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
Even within the highest echelons of wealth concentration, these two groups are on different trajectories.

— Markus Schneider, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of echelons

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Those are places where many voters look skeptically, even scornfully, upon big cities and the people who run them.

— Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
The volumes insist that Jewish communities be remembered not solely as sites of death but as places where people lived, argued, worked and celebrated.

— Jennifer Rich, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026