Examples of tier in a Sentence
Noun (1)
the bottom tier of entrants
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Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
The white boy who was the national player of the year whose game did translate to the league, but not to its highest tier.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2025
Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 18 June 2025
While not a part of this bundle, Vow of Absolution expands the game to tier 5 by adding the Adeptus Astartes of the Absolvers chapter as playable character options.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Second, upgrade your default expression tier.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
The white boy who was the national player of the year whose game did translate to the league, but not to its highest tier.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
Spikes are consistently seen, particularly in the English Football League (EFL, tiers two to four in the men’s footballing pyramid), as supporters seek a football fix over the holiday period.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 18 June 2025
While not a part of this bundle, Vow of Absolution expands the game to tier 5 by adding the Adeptus Astartes of the Absolvers chapter as playable character options.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Tier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tier. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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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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