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Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 26 Apr. 2024
The year is 2019, and Art and Patrick, both in need of a boost, are preparing to face each other in a Challenger tournament, the second tier of competitive tennis, in New Rochelle.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2024
Apart from financial metrics like profits, a team’s tier, who plays for it, and its track record matter, too.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 20 Apr. 2024
The highest tier, which is $19.99 per month, includes the ability to stream on four devices and offers 4K Ultra HD video quality and 100 downloads.
—USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
The ad tier, which costs $6.99 per month in the United States, significantly less than Netflix’s other subscription plans, has seen explosive growth since it was introduced in late 2022, according to the company.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2024
For example, the highest achievable tier is Globalist, which requires 60 nights.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2024
The Welsh club earned its second consecutive promotion, this time to League One - English football’s third tier – following a 6-0 win over Forest Green Rovers on Saturday at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham, Wales.
—Jacob Lev, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
Another realignment wave could offer them a path to the same competitive tier as the outbound Pac-12 schools.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
Forbes, 1 July 2022
Storage today must instead protect our data, tier it across different media, manage it across clouds, catalog the unstructured bits, and integrate it into new cloud-native workflows.
—Steve McDowell, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
The state decided to tier the ongoing Phase 1B, meaning that some Phase 1B groups have become eligible before others.
—Emily Brindley, courant.com, 18 Feb. 2021
But, according to the think tank, there are a variety of options to limit the fiscal impact even in that scenario: Central banks could tier their reserves so some offer a lower interest rate, for one.
—Mike Bird, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2020
Noun
Designed with five tiers, the clever hangers provide plenty of storage space for folded pants, skirts, scarves, and more.
—Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 26 Apr. 2024
The year is 2019, and Art and Patrick, both in need of a boost, are preparing to face each other in a Challenger tournament, the second tier of competitive tennis, in New Rochelle.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2024
Apart from financial metrics like profits, a team’s tier, who plays for it, and its track record matter, too.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 20 Apr. 2024
The highest tier, which is $19.99 per month, includes the ability to stream on four devices and offers 4K Ultra HD video quality and 100 downloads.
—USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
The ad tier, which costs $6.99 per month in the United States, significantly less than Netflix’s other subscription plans, has seen explosive growth since it was introduced in late 2022, according to the company.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2024
For example, the highest achievable tier is Globalist, which requires 60 nights.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2024
The Welsh club earned its second consecutive promotion, this time to League One - English football’s third tier – following a 6-0 win over Forest Green Rovers on Saturday at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham, Wales.
—Jacob Lev, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
Another realignment wave could offer them a path to the same competitive tier as the outbound Pac-12 schools.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
Verb
Everyone from senior security leadership to tier one security analysts needs to understand their hybrid, multicloud environment.
—Forbes, 1 July 2022
Storage today must instead protect our data, tier it across different media, manage it across clouds, catalog the unstructured bits, and integrate it into new cloud-native workflows.
—Steve McDowell, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
The state decided to tier the ongoing Phase 1B, meaning that some Phase 1B groups have become eligible before others.
—Emily Brindley, courant.com, 18 Feb. 2021
But, according to the think tank, there are a variety of options to limit the fiscal impact even in that scenario: Central banks could tier their reserves so some offer a lower interest rate, for one.
—Mike Bird, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2020
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“Tier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tier. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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tier
1 of 3 noun
: a row, rank, or layer usually arranged in a series one above the other
tiered
adjective
ˈti(ə)rd
tier
2 of 3 verb1
: to place or arrange in tiers
2
: to rise in tiers
tier
3 of 3 noun
ti·er
variants
or tyer
ˈtī(-ə)r
: a person or thing that ties
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