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A laboured points victory over Regis Prograis in his last outing did little to convince purists he belongs at the sport's highest echelon.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Others, like “Obsession,” catapult from modest beginnings into an echelon of popularity that not even the academics and historians could’ve foreseen.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

In the hierarchy of exclusive World Cup enclaves, this isn’t the top echelon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

UC leaders have shown a distinct willingness to take on the issue amid changes at the highest echelon of university decision-makers since 2020.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

The political dialogue within the highest echelon of the revolutionary generation was a decade-long shouting match.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

He is also the face of a growing media empire, which is what a comedian must become to hold sway in the upper echelons of new media fame.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The new series is based on Disgrace, the second in the series of books about a group of privileged men in the top echelons of society who are involved in evil activities.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Since graduating from Columbia University in 2021 as the class valedictorian at age 19, he has worked his way into the upper echelons of technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Deena wants to watch Maddie soar, to see her climb the echelons into food media superstardom.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

He knew the mechanics of being a good commander: the tricks, procedures, requirements, and occasional gymnastics one had to employ to keep morale high and the higher echelons pleased.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

"Together with our partners we’re working on an integrated & echeloned air defense system. We are preparing for winter on the battlefield," he wrote.

From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2022

Details such as the echeloned curls, sinuous eyebrows, and almond-shaped eyes of the Girl with a Late Period Bob were painstakingly sculpted.

From Time Magazine Archive

General Clark, back in Vienna, had a military metaphor that summed up the conference: "Russia gave us impossible demands, echeloned in depth."

From Time Magazine Archive

All four platoons were in line, and each platoon was divided into four sections, the two rifle sections on the flanks, and the two L.G. sections in the middle and echeloned to the rear.

From The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 by S. J. Wilson

A regiment of infantry was massed in rear of the Palais d'Orsay; a regiment of dragoons was echeloned along the quay.

From The Memoirs of Victor Hugo by Victor Hugo

The echeloning of the specialists in front is also the most favorable formation to progress by rushes in a terrain cut up by shell holes.

From Military Instructors Manual by Oliver Schoonmaker