hierarchies

Example Sentences

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Building a castell requires intense tactile cooperation, triggering fear and embarrassment, and dismantling professional hierarchies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Who knew chairs could tell stories of invasions and class hierarchies?

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Could you explain how those actively reproduce class and racial hierarchies?

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

I had a chance to see how they communicate, what the community was among them, how they dealt with each other, what the hierarchies were.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

Whatever sweet scenes you might witness on a playground, beneath them lay a tyranny of shifting hierarchies and alliances.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama