hierarchical
Example Sentences
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This is how leadership always works in practice, even in organizations less hierarchical than the military.
For many years, scholars believed that constructing Poverty Point required a strictly organized, hierarchical society working across generations.
From Science Daily
As is the case in all hierarchical organizations, the problem starts at the top.
From Los Angeles Times
Instead, they support a hierarchical model in which ancient brain structures handle essential computations crucial for survival, such as detecting threats, following movement, or avoiding obstacles.
From Science Daily
These traits suggest that the black holes formed through a process called hierarchical merger, in which black holes in densely populated regions such as star clusters collide multiple times over their lifetimes.
From Science Daily
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