power structure

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

However it plays out, a candidate almost certainly would come from within the current power structure, as none of the lesser parties’ candidates would have wide recognition or support.

From Seattle Times

It's one ridden with manipulation, and coercion and ultimately so driven by the power structures and dynamics of a colonial America hinging on and enforced by white supremacy underpinnings.

From Salon

An entrepreneur in the wine and hospitality business before he entered politics, Newsom was steeped in the city’s elite power structure.

From Los Angeles Times

At the university level, ethnic studies departments evolved with the distinct aim of exploring historical events from the perspectives of groups oppressed or marginalized by established economic and political power structures.

From Los Angeles Times

The academic and former diplomat ran on a platform of battling corruption that observers say has unnerved Guatemala’s entrenched power structure.

From Seattle Times