echelon
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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
UC leaders have shown a distinct willingness to take on the issue amid changes at the highest echelon of university decision-makers since 2020.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Still, even that kind of perceptiveness and proximity to the top echelon are no shelter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
The political dialogue within the highest echelon of the revolutionary generation was a decade-long shouting match.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Since graduating from Columbia University in 2021 as the class valedictorian at age 19, Leopold Aschenbrenner has worked his way into the upper echelons of technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
But while Kushner may be relatively unknown compared with his politically active brother, he has rapidly and quietly risen to the upper echelons of business, with an estimated net worth of $16.7 billion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
They could not quite make the biggest leap of all, but they were firmly ensconced in the upper echelons.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 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
She travels in the upper echelons of Fenway High, and getting a hi from up there is good enough.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
"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
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
North of the grounds our line was echeloned forward and then ran due north to the corner of Hebuterne.
From The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 by S. J. Wilson
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
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