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

“Brat” catapulted Charli to a new echelon, dominating every sector of culture from music to memes to politics.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

“Flesh,” Szalay’s sixth novel, follows István, a socially isolated Hungarian teen who through circumstances beyond his control is thrust into London’s upper echelon.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 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