food chain

as in hierarchy
a series of types of living things in which each one uses the next lower member of the series as a source of food Sharks eat fish that are lower in the food chain. animals that are at the top of the food chain

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Noun
  • Structure: What happens to management hierarchies when AI coordinates most activities?
    Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • Udoka’s equal-opportunity offense has been the most important aspect of the team’s collective growth, keeping a flat hierarchy while remaining confident and aggressive.
    Kelly Iko, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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  • When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 30 June 2025
  • In another blow to China’s push to become a regional leader, India on Thursday rejected signing a joint statement facilitated by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization—one such grouping set up by China and Russia to counter U.S. influence.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 27 June 2025
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“Food chain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/food%20chain. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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