echelon
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PGA Tour chief executive Brian Rolapp said the Tour will double signature events, creating an upper echelon with about 120 players and a cut.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 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
Robert Duvall earned seven Oscar nominations over the course of his celebrated career, the last for the 2014 legal drama “The Judge,” a movie no one would have in the upper echelon of his filmography.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
"It demands a second and even third echelon; personnel, platforms and logistics chains that can absorb losses and continue the fight. Yet this depth is notably absent from current British force design."
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025
Everything from the rear echelon to the forward echelon and back was sent through us.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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