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
Decentralize Decision-Making While Preserving Oversight The Pennsylvania event showed exactly what will happen to enterprises stuck in rigid hierarchies—one failure can ripple through the entire system because decision-making and recovery are slow.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 3 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
But one of the consequences of this ongoing territorial fragmentation has been the creation of distinct Palestinian social formations, each with their own specific forms of economic existence and governance, class hierarchies, and political institutions.
—Literary Hub
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 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
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 3 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
But one of the consequences of this ongoing territorial fragmentation has been the creation of distinct Palestinian social formations, each with their own specific forms of economic existence and governance, class hierarchies, and political institutions.
—Literary Hub
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 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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Anybody with a wire cutter or ladders could be able to get in.—
Michael Evanoff,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Dozens of fire truck drivers extended their ladders to the roof of the plant to extinguish the blaze, a WSOC photo showed.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Israeli officials who spoke to CNN said Netanyahu is considering various scales and levels of annexation options, ranging from a limited takeover of several Jewish settlements to a broader approach calling for annexation of Area C, which comprises 60% of the territory.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Also found at the site were some bony fish scales and teeth and incomplete plesiosaurian teeth, indicating a humid climate and complex ecosystem, according to the paper.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Similar complaints were made in the 1990s and 2000s building boom that led to a series of functional stadia springing up across the UK, usually complete with bare breeze block walls that gave a pre-match pint on the concourse all the appeal of an evening spent down the local multi-story car park.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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That's why, for example, the US government has funded a series of Landsat satellites since 1972 to create an uninterrupted data catalog illustrating changes in global land use.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Hierarchies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hierarchies. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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