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While James’s numbers and playoff heroics say that he is still firmly among the upper echelon of NBA stars, his new deal is paying him like a somewhat useful backup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

UC leaders have shown a distinct willingness to take on the issue amid changes at the highest echelon of university decision-makers since 2020.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Israeli military spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin said: "Everything related to agreements belongs to the political echelon... We will continue to operate according to the directives".

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

It’s the season for new stock-market price targets, and Morgan Stanley joined the upper echelon of Wall Street forecasts for the S&P 500 with its new outlook released Wednesday.

From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026

But it was the point of an echelon attack.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

Now with “Acomodo” — which debuted at the top of both Spotify Top Albums USA and Top Global Charts across all genres — Tito Double P affirmed his rightful place in música mexicana upper echelons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

They could not quite make the biggest leap of all, but they were firmly ensconced in the upper echelons.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

McMaster and several other creative colonels, who, at least for a little while, turned around both the Iraq War and the upper echelons of the U.S.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

Lowery explores the wounds inflicted by fame’s piercing orbit, implying that absolution isn’t attained by climbing stardom’s echelons, but by falling just before reaching the top, hitting every last regret on the way down.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026

Riders competing in ordinary weekday events needed to whittle themselves down another 5 pounds or so, while those in the lowest echelons of the sport couldn’t weigh much more than 100.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

"Together with our partners we’re working on an integrated & echeloned air defense system. We are preparing for winter on the battlefield," he wrote.

From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2022

General Clark, back in Vienna, had a military metaphor that summed up the conference: "Russia gave us impossible demands, echeloned in depth."

From Time Magazine Archive

Details such as the echeloned curls, sinuous eyebrows, and almond-shaped eyes of the Girl with a Late Period Bob were painstakingly sculpted.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not too many should be placed in the front line, and they should be echeloned in depth so as to confuse their disposition.

From Military Instructors Manual by Oliver Schoonmaker

All four platoons were in line, and each platoon was divided into four sections, the two rifle sections on the flanks, and the two L.G. sections in the middle and echeloned to the rear.

From The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 by S. J. Wilson

The echeloning of the specialists in front is also the most favorable formation to progress by rushes in a terrain cut up by shell holes.

From Military Instructors Manual by Oliver Schoonmaker