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Recent Examples of hierarch
Earlier this month, Cupich took part in the papal conclave that elected Prevost as pope on May 8, stunning many Catholic scholars and hierarchs who didn’t anticipate an American would be named pontiff.
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Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
His speech was criticized in a statement from the Antiochian, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Serbian American Orthodox hierarchs.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Mar. 2025
His message on Monday was a confirmation from AI’s hierarch that the disruptors had been disrupted.
—Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2025
In the immediate aftermath of communism there was a flurry of revelations about collaboration between Russian hierarchs and the KGB, but soon the files snapped shut.
—The Economist, 11 Aug. 2019
Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
His speech was criticized in a statement from the Antiochian, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Serbian American Orthodox hierarchs.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Mar. 2025
His message on Monday was a confirmation from AI’s hierarch that the disruptors had been disrupted.
—Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2025
In the immediate aftermath of communism there was a flurry of revelations about collaboration between Russian hierarchs and the KGB, but soon the files snapped shut.
—The Economist, 11 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hierarch
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Lucy Maguire is Features Director at Vogue Business, writing and commissioning features across all verticals, with a focus on fashion industry moves, international fashion weeks, trends and consumer behaviour, alongside interviews with key designers, founders and executives.—
Lucy Maguire,
Vogue,
12 Mar. 2026
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To stay, he and other club executives might be asked to move to Las Vegas.—
Evan Drellich,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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One administrator told me that he was baffled, but that the embassy staff seemed confident that something would come of it.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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Executive associate athletic director Courtney Vinson, the men’s basketball administrator, will lead the program until a new coach is hired.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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The release was accompanied by a statement from the commander of Ramat David Air Base describing recent missions flown deep into Iranian territory, including operations over the capital, Tehran.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026
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Our commanders factor all of this.—
Major Garrett,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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The conflict was sparked by Hezbollah targeting Israel after the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, breaking a 2024 ceasefire that in any case had largely failed.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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Now that local leaders have cleared the way, CoreCivic can begin accepting detainees under its $60 million-a-year contract with ICE.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
11 Mar. 2026
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In 1992, in response to Israel killing Hezbollah’s secretary general, Abbas Musawi, the group used a truck bomb to kill 29 people and injure 242 more at the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires.—
Colin P. Clarke,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
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The French floor general came back to the big club and has since become the team’s full-time starting point guard.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Social Security is financed by a payroll tax paid for by employers and employees.—
Asher Notheis,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Mar. 2026
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Plus, health insurers raised premiums for subsidized and employer-sponsored plans at the beginning of the year, in part because those tax credits expired, and widespread use of expensive medications such as Ozempic.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Yet the chief said the fire intensity from the new grasses is not as strong as from the native plants.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
9 Mar. 2026
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The chief of the AMIA investigative unit also issued an international arrest warrant for Ali Asghar Hejazi, a senior Iranian official described as a close aide to Khamenei who so far has apparently survived the attacks on Iran’s leadership.—
Juan Melamed,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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Regarding funding, Paul cited the nine host city sponsors and Texas’ Event Trust Fund, a suite of programs through the governor’s office.—
Sasha Richie,
Dallas Morning News,
9 Mar. 2026
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Construction of the Sites Reservoir, mentioned by the governor in his speech, is not scheduled to even begin until late 2026, 12 years following the passage of Proposition 1.—
Daniel Kolkey,
Oc Register,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Hierarch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hierarch. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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