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
Then, five thousand or so years ago, after agriculture spread and prehistory gave way to history, hierarchies emerged, dividing our societies into groups—the socioeconomic élites and everyone else.
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Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
The neo-noir drama, which explores India’s social hierarchies through a criminal justice lens, returns with lead actors Jaideep Ahlawat, Ishwak Singh and Gul Panag, joined by new cast members Tillotama Shome, Nagesh Kukunoor and Jahnu Barua.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Dec. 2024
Bennett, Lohan, 38, and Chabert, 42, all starred together in 2004's Mean Girls, a comedy film that follows the complexities of high school's social hierarchies.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
The Industrial Revolution was reshaping the nation’s urban spaces, economic hierarchies and society.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
The article not only provides examples of networks of competence and hierarchies of authority.
—Steve Denning, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
By contrast, hierarchies of authority tend to have traditional goals related to making profits and maximizing value for shareholders, including the firm’s executives.
—Steve Denning, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Throughout history, hierarchies have been the standard way of establishing order.
—Steve Denning, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Structural hierarchies and rigid performance metrics, which dominate many professional landscapes, can both protect and promote leaders with questionable ethics.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
The neo-noir drama, which explores India’s social hierarchies through a criminal justice lens, returns with lead actors Jaideep Ahlawat, Ishwak Singh and Gul Panag, joined by new cast members Tillotama Shome, Nagesh Kukunoor and Jahnu Barua.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Dec. 2024
Bennett, Lohan, 38, and Chabert, 42, all starred together in 2004's Mean Girls, a comedy film that follows the complexities of high school's social hierarchies.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
The Industrial Revolution was reshaping the nation’s urban spaces, economic hierarchies and society.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
The article not only provides examples of networks of competence and hierarchies of authority.
—Steve Denning, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
By contrast, hierarchies of authority tend to have traditional goals related to making profits and maximizing value for shareholders, including the firm’s executives.
—Steve Denning, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Throughout history, hierarchies have been the standard way of establishing order.
—Steve Denning, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Structural hierarchies and rigid performance metrics, which dominate many professional landscapes, can both protect and promote leaders with questionable ethics.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hierarchies
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Pick it up for $124 to stow bikes, ladders, mowers, and gardening supplies inside, or keep shopping below for even more shippable finds from Amazon.—
Carly Totten,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Dec. 2024
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No injuries were reported, but crews had to use ground ladders to reach fire escapes and assist unhoused persons that were exiting the vacant structure.—
Patrick Hipes,
Deadline,
26 Dec. 2024
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At current scales, nobody can compete with DJI.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Tipping the scales like that, the Area-51 laptops don’t feel like just a resurrection of Alienware’s flagship brand name but a throwback to older, basically immobile desktop replacement laptops.—
Antonio G. Di Benedetto,
The Verge,
7 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, Variety suggested that NBC, which aired the original series, could pick up the revival as well.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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Trésors de Famille: is a series of ultra-aged single-barrel releases from the Grande Champagne cru.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Hierarchies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hierarchies. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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