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hierarchy

[hahy-uh-rahr-kee, hahy-rahr-] / ˈhaɪ əˌrɑr ki, ˈhaɪ rɑr- /


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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

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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