pecking order

Example Sentences

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The No. 55 draft pick in 2024, Bronny has surpassed Dalton Knecht, the 17th pick in that same draft, in the Lakers’ pecking order.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

For decades, chicken thighs rated so low in the national pecking order that U.S. poultry producers unloaded much of their dark-meat yield to hungry markets abroad in Russia, Mexico, and across Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

The artificial-intelligence trade is upending the long-standing pecking order of Big Tech valuations as investors hunt for the next big winners and losers.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026

Bobb has fallen down the pecking order at City after the January arrival of Antoine Semenyo from Bournemouth.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

Still, there was a clear pecking order based on this accommodation, and he lorded it over the others.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly