hierarchically

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Recent Examples of hierarchically Clearly, trajectories are also influenced if not monitored by the structural affordances provided by the designers who have functionally and hierarchically classified pieces of information. Carmen Daniela Maier, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
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Adverb
  • Populations have since gradually recovered due to conservation efforts.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 22 June 2026
  • Chetty, the economist, observed that the likelihood of outearning one’s parents gradually fell from ninety-two per cent among those born in 1940 to about fifty per cent among those born forty years later.
    Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Adverb
  • The brand, which will see the first collection by Mulier early next year, is progressively repositioning toward full-price sales, higher quality and improved depth of the offer.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 24 June 2026
  • Much of the story took shape progressively during production itself.
    Kevin Giraud, Variety, 21 June 2026
Adverb
  • Furthermore, healthcare leaders are also increasingly discussing how compute sovereignty may also lead to higher levels of privacy and data sovereignty.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • In the days before Lutnick’s previous decision to force the models offline, senior administration officials became increasingly concerned that users could circumvent Fable 5’s guardrails.
    Jared Perlo, NBC news, 27 June 2026
Adverb
  • And with each throw, Matt’s own place in the world was defined, little by little.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
  • The animator tries it, changes it, undoes it, and little by little the character comes alive.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 June 2026

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“Hierarchically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hierarchically. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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