as in ladders
a scheme of rank or order
honesty sits at the top of my hierarchy of values
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Recent Examples of hierarchies
New social hierarchies emerged.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Apr. 2026
Setting recent works among older ones is an effective element of LACMA’s overall plan to shed outworn hierarchies.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
The platform analyzes job titles, compensation levels, hierarchies, and experience requirements to group roles into logical pay grades and career progressions.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2026
This one-level museum eschews traditional museological hierarchies.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Similar hierarchies exist in beehives and ant colonies.
—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 15 Apr. 2026
Lamar’s win was widely celebrated as a milestone for hip-hop and contemporary music, challenging long-standing hierarchies that had treated hip-hop (and other popular genres) as outsiders.
—Kara Rogers Britannica Editors Apr. 10, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
Flattened hierarchies also disrupt traditional career progression in ways that are only beginning to surface in the data.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
Its mission was to upset hierarchies, not reinforce them, and few things were more offensive to comedians than bootlicking.
—Robert Lynch, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Apr. 2026
Setting recent works among older ones is an effective element of LACMA’s overall plan to shed outworn hierarchies.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
The platform analyzes job titles, compensation levels, hierarchies, and experience requirements to group roles into logical pay grades and career progressions.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2026
This one-level museum eschews traditional museological hierarchies.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Similar hierarchies exist in beehives and ant colonies.
—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 15 Apr. 2026
Lamar’s win was widely celebrated as a milestone for hip-hop and contemporary music, challenging long-standing hierarchies that had treated hip-hop (and other popular genres) as outsiders.
—Kara Rogers Britannica Editors Apr. 10, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
Flattened hierarchies also disrupt traditional career progression in ways that are only beginning to surface in the data.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
Its mission was to upset hierarchies, not reinforce them, and few things were more offensive to comedians than bootlicking.
—Robert Lynch, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hierarchies
Noun
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Those who did make it out of the burning residence can thank quick-thinking good Samaritans who erected portable ladders outside the Belmont Ave.—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Neighbors were seen trying to bring residents to safety using ladders.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Texas dominated many national rankings in the report as well, with the ZIP code encompassing the Dallas suburb of Crandall ranking second on the list and a more urban Dallas ZIP code ranking 10th.—
Faith Bugenhagen,
Austin American Statesman,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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That second explanation, known as dark matter, was initially favored because the addition of that one ingredient could explain all of the observed physical phenomena on a variety of scales, while modifying gravity required different modifications to align with different scales.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Apr. 2026
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Across industries, as Agentic AI scales, the changes are already happening—just quietly.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Only two conference series against Morris and LaSalle-Peru remain before the regular season wraps up on May 26.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Marlins beat Dodgers, shut down expensive LA offense This series seemed to line up perfectly for the Dodgers.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Hierarchies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hierarchies. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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