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the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement
jobs in the upper echelons of the company pay quite well indeed
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Recent Examples of echelons
The Masked Singer attracts millions of viewers per ep and is now in the upper echelons of ITV entertainment series alongside the likes of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
The development comes amid fevered — and often spurious — speculation about the vast game of musical chairs playing out at the highest echelons of European fashion.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 14 Oct. 2024
The new president has, in turn, tried to sideline young radicals from the upper echelons of the state’s bureaucracy.
—Saeid Golkar, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
Traditionally, the highest echelons of the IDF and Israel’s intelligence services have been occupied by liberal Ashkenazis, an establishment that Netanyahu long vowed to usurp.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
That ended up being his entrée into the upper echelons of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent airstrikes wiping out most of Hezbollah’s top leadership and the explosions of hundreds of pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to Hezbollah indicate that Israel has infiltrated deep inside the group’s upper echelons.
—Josef Federman, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
Recent airstrikes wiping out most of Hezbollah’s top leadership and the explosions of hundreds of pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to Hezbollah indicate Israel has infiltrated deep inside the group’s upper echelons.
—Aamer Madhani, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
The development comes amid fevered — and often spurious — speculation about the vast game of musical chairs playing out at the highest echelons of European fashion.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 14 Oct. 2024
The new president has, in turn, tried to sideline young radicals from the upper echelons of the state’s bureaucracy.
—Saeid Golkar, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
Traditionally, the highest echelons of the IDF and Israel’s intelligence services have been occupied by liberal Ashkenazis, an establishment that Netanyahu long vowed to usurp.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
That ended up being his entrée into the upper echelons of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent airstrikes wiping out most of Hezbollah’s top leadership and the explosions of hundreds of pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to Hezbollah indicate that Israel has infiltrated deep inside the group’s upper echelons.
—Josef Federman, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
Recent airstrikes wiping out most of Hezbollah’s top leadership and the explosions of hundreds of pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to Hezbollah indicate Israel has infiltrated deep inside the group’s upper echelons.
—Aamer Madhani, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Echelons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/echelons. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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