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food chain

noun

Definition of 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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If the American family is viewed as a hierarchy with the male patriarch at the top, then feminism is democratizing that structure.

— Gloria Steinem, Glamour, 4 Sep. 2026
Some voices would praise the hierarchy for landing a top manager in Roberto De Zerbi who rescued Spurs.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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So do scheme, personnel groupings, whether a team has a young starting quarterback or some young starters on the offensive line, and so on.

— Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Thematic grouping of disparate work has become a popular, though not uncontroversial, trend.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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