hierarchies
Example Sentences
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They brought an attitude toward government and power that would strengthen conservative hierarchies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Those species often have more rigid dominance hierarchies and predictable succession systems.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
Susan Hilferty’s costumes usher us back to a time when hierarchies were not only visible but rigorously enforced.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Who knew chairs could tell stories of invasions and class hierarchies?
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
They’d spent virtually all their nineteen years on the periphery of various things—families, teams, churches, school cliques—and had developed a profound suspicion of hierarchies, authorities, institutions, bureaucracies, and anything connected with them.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
