hierarchies

plural of hierarchy

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of hierarchies How far might a nation go that had no kings to depose, no entrenched hierarchies to uproot, a country so young and iconoclastic and resource-rich? — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026 To navigate this acceleration, leadership must shift from rigid hierarchies to horizontal agility—partnering across boundaries to follow the fluid flow of value. — Stephanie Kramer, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026 Most major mergers are consummated after executives have dedicated months to quietly drafting detailed operational plans and organizational hierarchies. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 Here again, actors deploying crypto’s financial heft crashed through boundaries that would have earlier been difficult for artists to circumnavigate without having achieved legitimacy through more conventional pathways in existing hierarchies. — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 Between restructuring waves, automation fears and flattening hierarchies, that concern isn’t always irrational. — Jonathan H. Westover, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Lake said the contrasts between the quiet and extravagant designs are important and represent someone’s journey through society’s hierarchies. — Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026 Depending on the club, the hierarchies are still clear, and there might be little overlap between those positions. — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Estrangement often happens when these two ideas of family collide and cannot be reconciled – when one member insists that biological or origin ties and hierarchies reinforce the family unit, and another insists that behavior does. — Rin Reczek, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hierarchies
Noun
  • Some staff escaped the burning building by climbing from windows down firefighters’ ladders.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
  • There are two aluminum ladders on the wall, and students have 12 minutes to climb up and down 10 times.
    — Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Texas dominated many national rankings in the report as well, with the ZIP code encompassing the Dallas suburb of Crandall ranking second on the list and a more urban Dallas ZIP code ranking 10th.
    — Faith Bugenhagen, Austin American Statesman, 28 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Atmospheric fluctuations on shorter weekly or daily scales, such as sudden stratospheric warming events, polar vortex disruptions, or shifts in the Arctic Oscillation, can temporarily override the overarching El Niño pattern.
    — Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • But even those examples fall far short of the sort of figures that would tilt the scales in any outcomes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Keery appeared in several independent films throughout Stranger Things as well as in the television series Fargo.
    — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2026
  • In an attempt to uncover what might be going on in her mind, Fielder travels to a farm in upstate New York to meet actress Amanda Seyfried, who played Holmes to much acclaim in the 2022 Hulu series The Dropout.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026

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“Hierarchies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hierarchies. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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