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
The Wax Child is about the dread of living in brutal hierarchies, and the shapes that friendship and protection take to counteract these grim realities.
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Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Jobs across industry sectors and corporate hierarchies are threatened with AI replacement.
—Michael Peregrine, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
In 1959, six years before I was born, Pakistan was ruled by a general who had seized power in a military coup and elevated himself to the rank of Field Marshall—the highest rank in the British army, whose structures and hierarchies were inherited by several post-colonial nations.
—Mohammed Hanif, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
However, other primate species display other kinds of social structures and hierarchies.
—Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025
Thematically, most teen movies tackle ideas around social hierarchies, sexuality and gender roles.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Navigation no longer means scanning for drop-downs or page hierarchies.
—Danika Wong, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Yet Ali’s production isn’t interested in making these subtleties and hierarchies clear.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Racial hierarchies may be scrambling, but the reality that the existing global order was birthed to entrench racist beliefs cannot be erased.
—Zachariah Mampilly, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2025
Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Jobs across industry sectors and corporate hierarchies are threatened with AI replacement.
—Michael Peregrine, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
In 1959, six years before I was born, Pakistan was ruled by a general who had seized power in a military coup and elevated himself to the rank of Field Marshall—the highest rank in the British army, whose structures and hierarchies were inherited by several post-colonial nations.
—Mohammed Hanif, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
However, other primate species display other kinds of social structures and hierarchies.
—Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025
Thematically, most teen movies tackle ideas around social hierarchies, sexuality and gender roles.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Navigation no longer means scanning for drop-downs or page hierarchies.
—Danika Wong, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Yet Ali’s production isn’t interested in making these subtleties and hierarchies clear.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Racial hierarchies may be scrambling, but the reality that the existing global order was birthed to entrench racist beliefs cannot be erased.
—Zachariah Mampilly, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hierarchies
Noun
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Other items listed in the top 20 product groups responsible for injuries included exercise equipment, cans, basketballs, ladders, desks, rugs and bathtubs.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Oak Island Lighthouse was completed in 1958 and requires climbing up a series of ship ladders that reach more than 120 feet up to the top.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That reframes how early magnetism seeded galaxies and plasma behavior on the largest scales.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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Scientists thought these spiky bits might be spiny scales, like those found on the bodies of rays and sharks.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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Season 1 of the series has already won Gotham TV and TCA Awards and has 13 Emmy nominations, including for Outstanding Drama Series, Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Wyle, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for Hatosy, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for LaNasa.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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During a break in the rigorous shooting schedule for the limited series, which also stars Emma Corrin and Jack Lowden, Partridge was able to squeeze in the trip with old college friends.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Hierarchies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hierarchies. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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