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as in hierarchies
a scheme of rank or order
in one ranking of the best places to live, San Francisco surpassed all the other cities in the U.S.
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as in ranks
the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement
the President's ranking in the polls is at its highest level since he took office
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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.—
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
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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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Crews placed ground ladders to fire escapes in order to help evacuate occupants from the building on South Hope Street, according to a Los Angeles Fire Department news release.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Dec. 2024
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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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At current scales, nobody can compete with DJI.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
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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Driven by his instincts, Fok begins to dig deeper into the case, uncovering a labyrinthine conspiracy that threads through Hong Kong’s criminal underworld and its upper echelons of power.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
23 Dec. 2024
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In fact, substantial variation in outcomes for college graduates exists – and the Horatio Alger myth that education opens doors to the upper echelons of society is far from true.—
Michael Collins,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Rankings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rankings. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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