hierarchy
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Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government and the Catholic Church in Spain signed an agreement in March to compensate victims, after years of reticence and opacity from the Church hierarchy.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
The Tigers' hierarchy was sick of a revolving door of head coaches, as were the players, who would openly criticise instability in interviews.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
You don’t think about where you fall into that hierarchy.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
It reached the point where Slot and the Liverpool hierarchy were more than fine with Salah terminating his contract a year early, to leave on a free this summer.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
They were all flight engineers, who had been number three, after the captain and first officer, in the strict hierarchy of the original Korean Air.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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