echelon
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The Emmy Award-winner also told the podcast a "next echelon" Oscar win still had "allure to me".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
When SpaceX went public, it did so at a more than $1.7 trillion valuation, putting it firmly in the upper echelon of companies by market capitalization.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
The tax records show the couple has earned between $1.4 million and $3.5 million per year, putting them in the upper echelon of Americans when it comes to annual income.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
While James’s numbers and playoff heroics say that he is still firmly among the upper echelon of NBA stars, his new deal is paying him like a somewhat useful backup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
But it was the point of an echelon attack.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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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
Now with “Acomodo” — which debuted at the top of both Spotify Top Albums USA and Top Global Charts across all genres — Tito Double P affirmed his rightful place in música mexicana upper echelons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
McGovern was also described as a "senior front line operative" and a "confidante" of those in the upper echelons of the organisation.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Riders competing in ordinary weekday events needed to whittle themselves down another 5 pounds or so, while those in the lowest echelons of the sport couldn’t weigh much more than 100.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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"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
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
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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
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Napoleon left Paris on June 12th, his army being then echeloned between Paris and the Belgian frontier, so that the point where the blow would fall was still doubtful.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
The force for the counterattack should be held echeloned in rear of the flank which offers it the greatest advantage for the proposed attack.
From Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 Corrected to April 15, 1917 (Changes Nos. 1 to 19) by United States War Department
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
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