hierarchy
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Historian Bernard Capp, Emeritus Professor at the University of Warwick, explains that hat etiquette once reinforced social hierarchy.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
It is that upward mobility is available, at scale, outside the prestige hierarchy and often at much lower prices.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
"So there's no hierarchy between sculpture, painting, fashion, photography and no hierarchy between bodies, between the classical body or the disabled body."
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
People from Texas have strong opinions about the hierarchy of its cities.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026
To compose a passage with this orderly structure, a writer must organize the content she hopes to convey into a neat hierarchy.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing hierarchy
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