hierarchical
Example Sentences
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This is how deeply hierarchical and authoritarian institutions function.
From Salon • Jan. 20, 2026
This is how leadership always works in practice, even in organizations less hierarchical than the military.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
As is the case in all hierarchical organizations, the problem starts at the top.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025
These traits suggest that the black holes formed through a process called hierarchical merger, in which black holes in densely populated regions such as star clusters collide multiple times over their lifetimes.
From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2025
But this would provide only the economic and not the emotional basis for a hierarchical society.
From "1984" by George Orwell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
