hierarchy
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Goretzka repeatedly stated throughout the latter stage of his time at Bayern that he would fight for his spot but eventually had to accept the club hierarchy were not planning with him any longer.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Every organization has a hierarchy, and, Fogel said, the title of one CEO or another?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Just four months after Arsenal won the Premier League under the ownership of US billionaire Stan Kroenke, Liverpool's hierarchy have opted for outside investment in a bid to regain the crown.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
United's hierarchy may find themselves with a problem that won't easily be resolved.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The perks that came with friends high up in the Communist Party hierarchy never materialized.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
They brought an attitude toward government and power that would strengthen conservative hierarchies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
"He transcended social and caste hierarchies through his music," says Krishna.
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
They’d spent virtually all their nineteen years on the periphery of various things—families, teams, churches, school cliques—and had developed a profound suspicion of hierarchies, authorities, institutions, bureaucracies, and anything connected with them.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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