hierarchical
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The carrier was “too hierarchical, way too bureaucratic, way too process-oriented as opposed to outcomes-oriented,” Schulman told investors at a Morgan Stanley event last month.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
To Trump, who has rigidly hierarchical notions of gender, that probably seems emasculating.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026
"The hierarchical structure of the military places power with rank, especially in a training facility," he said.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 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
For most of its history Monte Alban was thus a huge village, not a true city, and certainly not a hierarchical state.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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