hierarchy
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Every organization has a hierarchy, and, Fogel said, the title of one CEO or another?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Just four months after Arsenal won the Premier League under the ownership of US billionaire Stan Kroenke, Liverpool's hierarchy have opted for outside investment in a bid to regain the crown.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Now Infantino will meet with Fifa's hierarchy to try to secure his position.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
“In that era, hierarchy was incredibly important, very visible,” says Kurosawa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
In the social hierarchy of California’s farmers, orange growers stood at the very top; their homes were set amid fragrant evergreen trees that produced a lucrative income.
From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser
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"He transcended social and caste hierarchies through his music," says Krishna.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
This is the Christian tradition: questioning inherited norms, unsettling comfortable hierarchies, insisting that the ethical imagination can go further than traditional society allows.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 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
By the time of Liszt and Wagner, the hierarchies were all but gone.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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