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A laboured points victory over Regis Prograis in his last outing did little to convince purists he belongs at the sport's highest echelon.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

When SpaceX went public, it did so at a more than $1.7 trillion valuation, putting it firmly in the upper echelon of companies by market capitalization.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

It’s the season for new stock-market price targets, and Morgan Stanley joined the upper echelon of Wall Street targets for the S&P 500 with its new outlook released Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

Despite the fantasy elements of beautiful and talented people dressed in clothing designed by the upper echelon of the fashion industry, “Devil” has a sequel because what Sachs was experiencing felt real.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

But it was the point of an echelon attack.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

Now with “Acomodo” — which debuted at the top of both Spotify Top Albums USA and Top Global Charts across all genres — Tito Double P affirmed his rightful place in música mexicana upper echelons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

In fact, sources have said it will embolden them to drive Everton forward and back towards the top echelons of the Premier League.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

Worldwide, the number of equine clones born a year pales in comparison to traditionally-bred horses, but those clones—and their offspring—are starting to emerge in the top echelons of different equestrian disciplines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

McMaster and several other creative colonels, who, at least for a little while, turned around both the Iraq War and the upper echelons of the U.S.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

And that is perhaps the first and most fundamental thing that all novice oarsmen must learn about competitive rowing in the upper echelons of the sport: that pain is part and parcel of the deal.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

"Together with our partners we’re working on an integrated & echeloned air defense system. We are preparing for winter on the battlefield," he wrote.

From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2022

Details such as the echeloned curls, sinuous eyebrows, and almond-shaped eyes of the Girl with a Late Period Bob were painstakingly sculpted.

From Time Magazine Archive

General Clark, back in Vienna, had a military metaphor that summed up the conference: "Russia gave us impossible demands, echeloned in depth."

From Time Magazine Archive

Reinforcements as they arrived at Durban had been pushed rapidly up by rail north of Maritzburg, and the British troops were now echeloned along the railway up to Estcourt.

From History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government by Great Britain. War Office

The echeloned company formed front to the flank, and the supporting company followed suit.

From A Short History of the 6th Division Aug. 1914-March 1919 by Sir Thomas Owen Marden

The echeloning of the specialists in front is also the most favorable formation to progress by rushes in a terrain cut up by shell holes.

From Military Instructors Manual by Oliver Schoonmaker