social structure
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The law stipulates that under the "right to self-identity", settlements are entitled to protect and preserve their "social structure".
From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025
The show’s thorough, wonderfully readable catalog refers to the power of “funerary magnificence” in the kingdom’s social structure.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025
Moving into different groups is key in shaping the animals' social structure.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps lost its commander, but the corps itself survives, and it controls much of the country’s economy and social structure.
From Slate • Jun. 17, 2025
For Charles to go against God and religion was to go against the established social structure.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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