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Failing that, the air-defense centers coordinate responses up the echelon both geographically and kinetically, like a zone defense in football.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

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

The tax records show the couple has earned between $1.4 million and $3.5 million per year, putting them in the upper echelon of Americans when it comes to annual income.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 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

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

He is also the face of a growing media empire, which is what a comedian must become to hold sway in the upper echelons of new media fame.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The first men's wildcard to reach the last four at Wimbledon for 25 years, he will look to push on in 2027 after establishing himself in the upper echelons of the game.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Since graduating from Columbia University in 2021 as the class valedictorian at age 19, he has worked his way into the upper echelons of technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Deena wants to watch Maddie soar, to see her climb the echelons into food media superstardom.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 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

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 force for the counterattack should be held echeloned in rear of the flank which offers it the greatest advantage for the proposed attack.

From Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 Corrected to April 15, 1917 (Changes Nos. 1 to 19) by United States War Department

Battalions were echeloned in a depth of two companies, each with six light machine guns, constituting the first wave.

From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various

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