pyramid
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The next Watkins, Eze, Wharton or Semenyo may already be somewhere further down the pyramid.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Two firms at the top of the prestige pyramid, Cravath and Wachtell, are among the few that still hew to a more traditional model.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
UBS expects this trend to continue and to make the shape of the global wealth pyramid obsolete before the end of the decade.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
They barely finish before other mids start hoisting each other into a crude human pyramid.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
At the very top of the pyramid is a certain tricky monkey— confused and panicked.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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Spend enough years standing behind pyramids of hamburgers, posing at fry stations and inserting yourself into the iconography of American restaurant chains, and eventually the props begin to accrue meanings of their own.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
After surveying his pyramids of cans, arrayed spices and stacks of noodle soup, they issued him a 2,500-euro fine, equivalent to around $2,866.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
“Fantasy” resulted from his meditations within the pyramids of Giza and his claimed communications with aliens.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
And if that painting is completed in the shadow of the pyramids, he knows exactly who to thank.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
That pyramid book had made everything sound true, but it was hard to imagine pyramids being real.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
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Meanwhile Billie Jean and Husband-Partner Larry have pyramided her skill and name into a tidy little conglomerate.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Up to this year the Birthday Balls have been run by old Henry L. Doherty, president of Cities Service Co., one of the most pyramided holding companies ever devised.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Such a measure, he cautioned, was not to be confused with a general sales tax because, he said, the former could not be "pyramided" and ultimately loaded upon the consumer.
From Time Magazine Archive
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His funeral took place almost within sight of the house where he was born and of the daily on which he pyramided an empire.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The paint was stacked in neatly pyramided lots along the concrete floor.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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If the pyramiding and true risks had been understood by investors, they would not likely have parted with their money.
From Salon ● May 5, 2013
Some in the world of taxes would describe that as pyramiding.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2010
Some European and U.S. bankers fear that the endless lending and relending of Eurodollar balances has already led to a dangerous pyramiding of credit.
From Time Magazine Archive
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While that kind of pyramiding sounds ominous to some, Citicorp's Wriston contends that the chances of default by a major country are "zero."
From Time Magazine Archive
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Despite his many sources of revenue, Daylight's pyramiding kept him pinched for cash throughout the first winter.
From Burning Daylight by Jack London
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