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echelon

[esh-uh-lon] / ˈɛʃ əˌlɒn /


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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

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

The paintings were a massive hit, catapulting Julian to a new echelon of fame, but isolating Christopher and ultimately driving him away, leaving the third and final series incomplete.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

"In fact," she said, "people with learning disabilities have risen to the upper echelon of every public office in the United States, including former presidents."

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Even now, if Lee attacked en echelon, some of the brigades could not attack before dark, unless everything went very smoothly, and it would not go smoothly, not today.

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




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