power structure

Example Sentences

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In the early 1920s, Tojo joined other young officers to break the army’s old-school power structure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

In Steve McQueen’s dynamic crime thriller, Duvall plays a Chicago politician who has long been a part of the local power structure attempting to hand things off to his son.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Writers, actors, directors, and studio execs harbor animosity for Netflix, which disrupted their business models and shook up the power structure of the industry incumbents.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

Within the current U.S. power structure, Baconi’s arguments are controversial.

From Slate • Nov. 9, 2025

They shuddered when they imagined the many ways the white power structure could punish them if they took a visible stand for equal rights.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry