Examples of tier in a Sentence
Noun (1)
the bottom tier of entrants
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Jake Ciely, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
With five tiers and four removable hooks, there’s plenty of room to hang all your favorite cozy throw blankets and more.
—Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 6 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
Heck, only the snap share is keeping him from being guaranteed the top tier.
—Jake Ciely, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
With five tiers and four removable hooks, there’s plenty of room to hang all your favorite cozy throw blankets and more.
—Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 6 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 9 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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