power structure
noun
1
: a group of persons having control of an organization : establishment
2
: the hierarchical interrelationships existing within a controlling group
Examples of power structure in a Sentence
The parade won't happen without the approval of the city's power structure.
Women in the company are struggling for equality against the male power structure.
They are making changes to the power structure of the church.
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The defense throughout Madigan’s marathon public corruption trial has tried to portray Madigan as a hardworking and humble Southwest Sider who only ever sought to help people through his role at the top of the Illinois political power structure.
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Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Just as Carter came to Washington with his own ideas about the presidency and an open contempt for its norms, Trump, too, has left his mark on the most American of power structures, even if that mark could not be more different from Carter’s.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
Such a move would not only solidify Bitcoin’s status as a global reserve asset but could also reshape the dynamics of international finance, with far-reaching implications for economic and geopolitical power structures.
—Leeor Shimron, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The irony is that their speculative ethos, when turned back on itself, reveals its own contradictions: a worldview that claims to safeguard humanity’s future could just as easily be entrenching the very power structures that threaten it.
—Rebecca Charbonneau, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2025
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Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Just as Carter came to Washington with his own ideas about the presidency and an open contempt for its norms, Trump, too, has left his mark on the most American of power structures, even if that mark could not be more different from Carter’s.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
Such a move would not only solidify Bitcoin’s status as a global reserve asset but could also reshape the dynamics of international finance, with far-reaching implications for economic and geopolitical power structures.
—Leeor Shimron, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The irony is that their speculative ethos, when turned back on itself, reveals its own contradictions: a worldview that claims to safeguard humanity’s future could just as easily be entrenching the very power structures that threaten it.
—Rebecca Charbonneau, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for power structure
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“Power structure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20structure. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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