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In the hierarchy of exclusive World Cup enclaves, this isn’t the top echelon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 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

Israeli military spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin said: "Everything related to agreements belongs to the political echelon... We will continue to operate according to the directives".

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● May 13, 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

For months, the holdings of his hedge fund Situational Awareness shot up in value, as did Aschenbrenner’s standing in the upper echelons of San Francisco’s elite.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

McGovern was also described as a "senior front line operative" and a "confidante" of those in the upper echelons of the organisation.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 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

Here I think I should remind you that my family is long-established in rather the upper echelons of the British aristocracy.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

"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

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

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

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

Not too many should be placed in the front line, and they should be echeloned in depth so as to confuse their disposition.

From Military Instructors Manual by Oliver Schoonmaker

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