tier
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As a WTA 1,000 event, it is in the tier of tournaments directly below the Grand Slams and attracts the strongest fields on the women's tour.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Cardiff's return to the top tier of Europe after two seasons in the Challenge Cup was a considerable one.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
If any record in their catalog can get them to a new tier of success, it’ll be this one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Almost half—48%—of the same tier worry about their own skills or thinking declining, compared with 32% of managers and directors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The sideways horse no longer floated above me—it could not have been there in the first place—but I still didn’t have words for the things I saw suspended in the air beneath the third tier.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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