- plural of hierarchy.
hierarchies
Example Sentences
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Those species often have more rigid dominance hierarchies and predictable succession systems.
From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026
“We need more voices — feminist perspectives, stories from marginalized communities, an honest reckoning with colorism and the hierarchies embedded in South Asian culture,” Singh said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
Instead of presenting an organized system of knowledge, whose stylistic or chronological categories suggested hierarchies, it would free visitors, a press release claims, “from prescribed paths to follow their own curiosity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Who knew chairs could tell stories of invasions and class hierarchies?
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
But at a bigger size you have to impose complicated hierarchies and rules and regulations and formal measures to try to command loyalty and cohesion.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
