echelon
Example Sentences
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Newsom is eventually taken under Getty’s wing, where he’s introduced into a new echelon of society and politics.
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026
Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, the most ruthless member of the top echelon, went into hiding, his reputation for cowardice intact.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026
Raising his house’s reputation as a formidable gladiator stable is the only path he can see to being accepted into society’s highest echelon.
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025
“Flesh,” Szalay’s sixth novel, follows István, a socially isolated Hungarian teen who through circumstances beyond his control is thrust into London’s upper echelon.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025
He does not realize the attack is en echelon for a while; he thinks perhaps it is a diversion, and he will be hit on another flank.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.