tiers

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Woods is the chairman of the tour's Future Competitions Committee, which has formally approved changes which will lead to two separate tiers of competition on the PGA Tour.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

“Underemployment, gig work and precarity—long features of working-class American life—were finally reaching the upper tiers of the middle class,” read the scenario.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

Olympia, his elusive love and sporadic muse, flits in and out of his life as she works her way up the tiers of the art world’s ziggurat.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

“The gated, private parcel offers dramatic panoramic city views and sweeping vistas, with multiple usable tiers featuring generous flat pads, terraced gardens, and a dedicated pool level,” the description notes.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

It was dominated by twelve narrow wood bunks stacked in tiers of three, each with a thin bare mattress and a grubby bare pillow lumpily filled with shreds of Styrofoam.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson