hierarchy
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“This has given rise to more complex memory hierarchy that is providing greater differentiation opportunities for Micron than at any time in our history.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026
Steinbeck creates a microcosm of American society, where disability, gender, race and class are all represented and shaped by an economic hierarchy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
“In my unprofessional opinion, a large company which is organized as a hierarchy needs to have one person at the top. Confusion and infighting too often are the results of co-bosses.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Factional divisions and opposition to talks with the United States exist within the Iranian hierarchy, but such splits will not suffice on their own to derail the negotiating process, analysts say.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Little did I dream that later on, when jealousy set in among the hierarchy, nothing about me would be printed in the paper I had founded.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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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
Logic, however, lost out to Navy hierarchies and power games.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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