hierarchy
Example Sentences
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Since equity is junior to debt in the capital hierarchy, investors in private equity should be especially worried whenever private credit gets into trouble.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
The luxury world’s pricing hierarchy has been maintained even for a mass-market product: The Royal Pop is more expensive than Swatch’s Blancpain collaboration, which in turn is more expensive than the MoonSwatch.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
No relevant precedent existed, and given the unique crimes the Nazi hierarchy had committed, it would require ex post facto laws to prosecute them.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
Former head coach Enzo Maresca left after a falling out with the hierarchy on New Year's Day, with many believing he has been lined up to succeed Pep Guardiola at City should he depart.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
The reality, however, is that the existing hierarchy disciplines newcomers, requiring them to exercise power in the same old ways and play by the same old rules in order to survive.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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