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
New social hierarchies emerged.
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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
Flattened hierarchies also disrupt traditional career progression in ways that are only beginning to surface in the data.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
Its mission was to upset hierarchies, not reinforce them, and few things were more offensive to comedians than bootlicking.
—Robert Lynch, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
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
Flattened hierarchies also disrupt traditional career progression in ways that are only beginning to surface in the data.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
Its mission was to upset hierarchies, not reinforce them, and few things were more offensive to comedians than bootlicking.
—Robert Lynch, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hierarchies
Noun
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After half an hour of mat stretches, Mira and two other students climbed onto Swedish ladders, hung with their backs to the wall, and did a set of leg lifts, tapping their feet against their heads.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Those who did make it out of the burning residence can thank quick-thinking good Samaritans who erected portable ladders outside the Belmont Ave.—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 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
Noun
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Now Assist gross margins remain above 80% as AI scales, the company said.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Scientists hope the velella can help oceanographers improve their understanding of spatial scales, from satellite images with the resolution of a football field, to aerial drone photos and microscopic images measured in millimeters, Haddock said.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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Richards will be activated ahead of Friday’s series opener against the Seattle Mariners at Rate Field, Venable said, and the Sox will make a corresponding move.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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The stabbing of two men in a Jewish neighborhood in London appears to be the latest in a series of antisemitic attacks in the United Kingdom since the beginning of the American-Israeli war against Iran, in late February.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Hierarchies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hierarchies. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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