hierarchical

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He wants to shake up its hierarchical culture, expand into robots and flying cars, and build factories in the U.S. faster.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

This is how deeply hierarchical and authoritarian institutions function.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2026

Officers and staff were required to declare membership "past or present" of any organisation that was "hierarchical, has confidential membership and requires members to support and protect each other".

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

For many years, scholars believed that constructing Poverty Point required a strictly organized, hierarchical society working across generations.

From Science Daily • Nov. 24, 2025

But the problems of perpetuating a hierarchical society go deeper than this.

From "1984" by George Orwell