hierarchies

Example Sentences

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Instead of presenting an organized system of knowledge, whose stylistic or chronological categories suggested hierarchies, it would free visitors, a press release claims, “from prescribed paths to follow their own curiosity.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Could you explain how those actively reproduce class and racial hierarchies?

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

The region is largely rural, where strong social hierarchies continue to influence everyday life.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

I had a chance to see how they communicate, what the community was among them, how they dealt with each other, what the hierarchies were.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

They talked about work and imported the hierarchies and nuances of their work lives into their neighborhoods.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly