hierarchies
Example Sentences
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These AI systems demonstrated the ability to coordinate, establish hierarchies among themselves, cheat and erase traces of their actions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
It’s the austerity era, with flattened hierarchies and more work left to middle managers who remain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
"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
Everywhere you turn, hierarchies are being challenged from below or are transforming themselves from top- down structures into more horizontal and collaborative ones.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
