hierarchical
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He blames a tradition of risk aversion and a hierarchical organization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
More elaborate designs, including hatched bands, grids, and diamond-shaped motifs, also showed evidence of rotation, translation, repetition, and "embedding," i.e., the ability to build hierarchical levels of signs within the same surface.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
That suggests a more consistent and hierarchical internal system for directing support.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
“I had been under this societal understanding that hierarchical love, placing one partner above everything else, was the ultimate romantic expression. I could name hundreds of movies that brought that up,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
Soon after her entry into the King’s lab, she had rebelled against its hierarchical character, taking offense because her first-rate crystallographic ability was not given formal recognition.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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