echelon

Example Sentences

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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

The two contracts put both players in the upper echelon of players at their respective positions, with only two quarterbacks earning more per year than Tagovailoa at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

"The Bears' slow starts are going to come back to bite them, especially against the upper echelon teams - and the Rams are certainly one of those, " said Dragon.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

Even now, if Lee attacked en echelon, some of the brigades could not attack before dark, unless everything went very smoothly, and it would not go smoothly, not today.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara