hierarchies

Example Sentences

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They brought an attitude toward government and power that would strengthen conservative hierarchies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Ilaiyaraaja's mastery of the form helped disrupt those hierarchies.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

This is the Christian tradition: questioning inherited norms, unsettling comfortable hierarchies, insisting that the ethical imagination can go further than traditional society allows.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

Those species often have more rigid dominance hierarchies and predictable succession systems.

From Science Daily • May 26, 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