echelon
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They improved to 5-12 against such teams after losing 12 of their last 13 games against the league’s upper echelon.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026
Newsom is eventually taken under Getty’s wing, where he’s introduced into a new echelon of society and politics.
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026
"Theirs is the upper echelon of that," added Skinner.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
Raising his house’s reputation as a formidable gladiator stable is the only path he can see to being accepted into society’s highest echelon.
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025
He read broadly in philosophy, science, art, and religion and was known throughout Chicago’s upper echelon for his ability to converse on almost any subject and to do so with great wit.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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