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
That includes a president, a parliament and varying governmental, military and religious hierarchies, noted Paul Salem, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute.
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
And Atget was a man who didn’t believe in hierarchies of visual experience, who stood for a long time in front of what others might call nothing, seeing everything.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Our seminar operated primarily in Russian—a practical lingua franca that is also a reproduction of Soviet linguistic hierarchies.
—Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
There was more funding for higher education, less restrictive laws, lower voting ages, better reproductive rights for women and easier divorces, while icons of popular culture gained far greater prominence and influence as stuffy hierarchies disintegrated.
—Jason Burke, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
Japanese macaques adhere to strict hierarchies, and displays of dominance are to be expected.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 23 Feb. 2026
The making of reading as luxury and the enclosure of public arts education is how new class hierarchies may be defined.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
For Anwar, the prison setting provided a concentrated laboratory for exploring societal hierarchies.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Feb. 2026
But talking about identity has ever-shifting rules and hierarchies that amount to bear-traps that can spring at any time.
—Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
And Atget was a man who didn’t believe in hierarchies of visual experience, who stood for a long time in front of what others might call nothing, seeing everything.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Our seminar operated primarily in Russian—a practical lingua franca that is also a reproduction of Soviet linguistic hierarchies.
—Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
There was more funding for higher education, less restrictive laws, lower voting ages, better reproductive rights for women and easier divorces, while icons of popular culture gained far greater prominence and influence as stuffy hierarchies disintegrated.
—Jason Burke, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
Japanese macaques adhere to strict hierarchies, and displays of dominance are to be expected.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 23 Feb. 2026
The making of reading as luxury and the enclosure of public arts education is how new class hierarchies may be defined.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
For Anwar, the prison setting provided a concentrated laboratory for exploring societal hierarchies.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Feb. 2026
But talking about identity has ever-shifting rules and hierarchies that amount to bear-traps that can spring at any time.
—Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hierarchies
Noun
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The park includes a variety of bridges, tightropes, ladders and ziplines.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
21 Feb. 2026
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People set up chairs, coolers, grills and ladders — offering a higher vantage point to catch the eye of float riders throwing glimmering plastic beads to revelers.—
Sara Cline,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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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
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On the smallest scales, structure gets washed out, while on larger scales, structure takes a long time to form, as larger scales plus the finite speed of gravity translate into longer timescales for collapse.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
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Researchers believe the ability to manipulate such nanoscale vortices could eventually support ultracompact devices, potentially shrinking magnetic memory or logic components to unprecedented scales.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Quarterhorse series is intended to pave the way for an even more advanced platform, Darkhorse, a reusable hypersonic aircraft envisioned for defense and national security missions.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, ‘Look of the Week’ is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Hierarchies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hierarchies. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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