pecking order
Example Sentences
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Deutsche Bank analysts say the four startups are in the third tier of China’s AI chip vendor pecking order, with Huawei Technologies in the lead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Insult humor among male friends can be about bonding or establishing a pecking order.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
For many, the refusal to acknowledge any kind of pecking order will feel fresh, fun, validating and/or thought-provoking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The Egypt forward, a £59m signing from Eintracht Frankfurt in 2025, fell down the pecking order at City last season.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
In the process they have overturned the old social pecking order in which “Episcopalian,” for example, was a code word for upper class, and “fundamentalist” or “evangelical” shorthand for lower.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
