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as in level
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 baton
Scottish
a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment
the watchman usually carried a stout oak rung
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as in chimed
to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates
I didn't hear the doorbell ring
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
There is a mysterious rung on the career ladder wherein young professionals are faced with an existential dilemma: to bob or not to bob.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2024
Adding to the slowdown overall is the difficulty luxury groups still face in appealing to high-end buyers when art acquisitions fall to the lowest rung of their fiscal priorities, Montgolfier said.
—Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2024
And so an atom, say, can receive quanta of energy, and so jump between kind of rungs on their energy ladder to go from one discrete amount of energy to another discrete amount of energy.
—Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
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This week, that track opens at No. 46 on the Official Singles Downloads tally and one rung lower on the Official Singles Sales chart.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
There is a mysterious rung on the career ladder wherein young professionals are faced with an existential dilemma: to bob or not to bob.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2024
Adding to the slowdown overall is the difficulty luxury groups still face in appealing to high-end buyers when art acquisitions fall to the lowest rung of their fiscal priorities, Montgolfier said.
—Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2024
And so an atom, say, can receive quanta of energy, and so jump between kind of rungs on their energy ladder to go from one discrete amount of energy to another discrete amount of energy.
—Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Rung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rung. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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