hierarchy
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Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez says he "spoke out of anger and frustration" when launching a scathing attack on the club's hierarchy.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The complex internal hierarchy of Israel’s kibbutzim ensures that only a few long-term residents—usually older people—have a vote in matters relating to governance, including the painful question of knocking down the houses of the kibbutz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Eschewing contextualization, hierarchy, poetry, mystery, the museum dissolves art’s essential distinctions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
They also shed light on the tomb owner’s position in the Ramesside hierarchy, and on the other family members buried here – plus, potentially, later reusers of the tomb.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
It was just a symbol; it didn’t have a place in the hierarchy of numbers.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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In its core regions, Indigenous communities became organized into political hierarchies, with powerful chiefdoms exerting influence over surrounding settlements.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
These AI systems demonstrated the ability to coordinate, establish hierarchies among themselves, cheat and erase traces of their actions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
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
Humans, like chimps, have social instincts that enabled our ancestors to form friendships and hierarchies, and to hunt or fight together.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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