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one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic
the bottom tier of entrants
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Recent Examples of tiers
There are four tiers of Game Pass - Core, Standard, Ultimate, and PC.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
On the other hand, Alaska Airlines offers four tiers of elite status, though the status match for Hawaiian elite members is limited to the two lower levels.
—Stella Shon, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
New Year's Eve at Twelve Thirty Club Several price tiers are still available for the New Year's Eve festivities at the Twelve Thirty Club, the multi-floor bar and restaurant at Fifth and Broadway in Downtown Nashville.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Street style was a literal catwalk this summer with brands and retailers from all tiers offering leopard print denim, and consumers of all ages eating it up.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Dec. 2024
Many tools offer free tiers or low-cost entry points.
—Henry Duckworth, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
While top clubs in the country have as many as 10 analysts, with up to three people working on the opposition, departments in the second, third and fourth tiers are much smaller.
—Gregg Evans, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
The company published a blog post detailing the subscription tiers and deployment strategy for the service.
—Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2024
This means implementing intelligent caching to avoid redundant model calls, creating processing tiers that match computational power to task complexity and using batch processing for non-time-critical tasks.
—Sai Arava, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
On the other hand, Alaska Airlines offers four tiers of elite status, though the status match for Hawaiian elite members is limited to the two lower levels.
—Stella Shon, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
New Year's Eve at Twelve Thirty Club Several price tiers are still available for the New Year's Eve festivities at the Twelve Thirty Club, the multi-floor bar and restaurant at Fifth and Broadway in Downtown Nashville.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Street style was a literal catwalk this summer with brands and retailers from all tiers offering leopard print denim, and consumers of all ages eating it up.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Dec. 2024
Many tools offer free tiers or low-cost entry points.
—Henry Duckworth, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
While top clubs in the country have as many as 10 analysts, with up to three people working on the opposition, departments in the second, third and fourth tiers are much smaller.
—Gregg Evans, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
The company published a blog post detailing the subscription tiers and deployment strategy for the service.
—Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2024
This means implementing intelligent caching to avoid redundant model calls, creating processing tiers that match computational power to task complexity and using batch processing for non-time-critical tasks.
—Sai Arava, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Tiers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiers. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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