Thesaurus results for PECKING ORDERS

pecking orders

noun

variants also peck orders

plural of pecking order

as in rankings

the way in which people or things in a group or organization are placed in a series of levels with different importance or status As an assistant manager, he was pretty low in the company's pecking order.

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Recent Examples of pecking orders From playoff pecking orders to division title tiebreakers to how the NFC South can be won (or lost) in only two games instead of four, Fowler and Kaye break it all down for the Carolina faithful. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 10 Dec. 2025

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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

Definition of rankings

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And with Molly Ringwald as his muse, Hughes’s directorial debut established his gift for frank and empathetic tales of adolescent crushes and high school social hierarchies.

— Al Shipley, SPIN, 4 Aug. 2026
Meetings can feel slow, hierarchies are less visible and the CEO might get coffee for the intern.

— Jessica Hill Holm, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of hierarchies

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On Friday, July 17, Taylor Farms — which supplies produce for pre-packaged salads in grocery stores and ingredients for fast food chains — announced a voluntary recall of iceberg lettuce sourced to the region by the FDA.

— Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
Some food chains are ready to deal with any barriers to growth because there are so many consumers in the state.

— Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of food chains

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