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
This generational shift is dismantling old hierarchies and exposing where control has been disguised as loyalty, teamwork or social acceptance.
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
Additionally, this invisible labor can also reproduce racial hierarchies.
—Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Performance is measured, hierarchies are clear, feedback is structured, and advancement is tied to results.
—Essence, 14 Jan. 2026
Reality can be a potent tool, but the priorities of fiction create their own hierarchies.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
The liberal impulse — insistence that injustice isn’t cured by patience, willingness to reform systems that calcify into maladministration — can keep institutions from becoming the archives of old hierarchies.
—Robert T.f. Downes, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
With a plot reminiscent of Pride and Prejudice, Behind Five Willows explores what happens when a young woman from a poor family and a wealthy, respectable son of a noble decide to challenge government censorship and the strict social hierarchies that shape their lives.
—Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2026
True friendships don't operate on hierarchies, w where one person claims to want to help someone else, but really only seeks to feel better about themselves.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 28 Dec. 2025
No broadcast delays, regional restrictions, or geographic hierarchies.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
Additionally, this invisible labor can also reproduce racial hierarchies.
—Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Performance is measured, hierarchies are clear, feedback is structured, and advancement is tied to results.
—Essence, 14 Jan. 2026
Reality can be a potent tool, but the priorities of fiction create their own hierarchies.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
The liberal impulse — insistence that injustice isn’t cured by patience, willingness to reform systems that calcify into maladministration — can keep institutions from becoming the archives of old hierarchies.
—Robert T.f. Downes, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
With a plot reminiscent of Pride and Prejudice, Behind Five Willows explores what happens when a young woman from a poor family and a wealthy, respectable son of a noble decide to challenge government censorship and the strict social hierarchies that shape their lives.
—Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2026
True friendships don't operate on hierarchies, w where one person claims to want to help someone else, but really only seeks to feel better about themselves.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 28 Dec. 2025
No broadcast delays, regional restrictions, or geographic hierarchies.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hierarchies
Noun
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First responders brought ladders to help people off the train cars and predicted that the evacuation could take up to two hours.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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For Gen Z, that could mean inventing new career paths, blending skills across disciplines, or building opportunities rather than waiting for traditional ladders to reappear.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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There are different scales and different trains running every which way.—
John Lauritsen,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Spruce cones have papery scales and are flexible.—
Sheryl DeVore,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Recently, Peppa welcomed a new baby sister, Evie, which introduced another family dynamic to the series.—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
22 Jan. 2026
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Heated Rivalry is not the biggest show on television, but the scale of the book business is such that even a fraction of viewers converting to become readers of the series is enough to shake up book sales.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Hierarchies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hierarchies. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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