as in ladders
a scheme of rank or order
honesty sits at the top of my hierarchy of values
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Recent Examples of hierarchies
For decades, leadership inside many industries was tied to centralized oversight, direct operational control and rigid hierarchies.
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Mira Tzur, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Throughout the nine tracks, which range from haunting to playful and toy with auto-tune, Malone examines relationship hierarchies and expectations.
—Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
New social hierarchies emerged.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Apr. 2026
Setting recent works among older ones is an effective element of LACMA’s overall plan to shed outworn hierarchies.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
The platform analyzes job titles, compensation levels, hierarchies, and experience requirements to group roles into logical pay grades and career progressions.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2026
This one-level museum eschews traditional museological hierarchies.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Similar hierarchies exist in beehives and ant colonies.
—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 15 Apr. 2026
Lamar’s win was widely celebrated as a milestone for hip-hop and contemporary music, challenging long-standing hierarchies that had treated hip-hop (and other popular genres) as outsiders.
—Kara Rogers Britannica Editors Apr. 10, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
Mira Tzur, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Throughout the nine tracks, which range from haunting to playful and toy with auto-tune, Malone examines relationship hierarchies and expectations.
—Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
New social hierarchies emerged.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Apr. 2026
Setting recent works among older ones is an effective element of LACMA’s overall plan to shed outworn hierarchies.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
The platform analyzes job titles, compensation levels, hierarchies, and experience requirements to group roles into logical pay grades and career progressions.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2026
This one-level museum eschews traditional museological hierarchies.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Similar hierarchies exist in beehives and ant colonies.
—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 15 Apr. 2026
Lamar’s win was widely celebrated as a milestone for hip-hop and contemporary music, challenging long-standing hierarchies that had treated hip-hop (and other popular genres) as outsiders.
—Kara Rogers Britannica Editors Apr. 10, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hierarchies
Noun
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Chairs, ladders and other foreign objects would enter the match through the night.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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Because the loft was built directly above the entryway, the family had to weave through plastic barriers, ladders and workers to move through the home.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
Noun
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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
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Technology scales, but leadership coherence does not.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Losing the mayor could reset the scales, or even tip them in the opposite direction.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Designers were clever enough to install a series of waterfalls that spill into the pool to cover up traffic noise from the pool’s location.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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The Braves have won four in a row and go for a sweep of the three-game series Thursday night.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
14 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Hierarchies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hierarchies. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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