ˈhī-(ə-)ˌrär-kē
as in ladder
a scheme of rank or order
honesty sits at the top of my hierarchy of values
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Recent Examples of hierarchy
The pope had been scheduled to join a spiritual retreat this weekend alongside the Holy See hierarchy.
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Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
With Boden going on to higher aspirations within the hierarchy of the Chicago Fire Department, the crew is now run with a different leader in Dom Pascal, played by the new addition of Mulroney.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
The authoritarian manosphere is organized around a hierarchy topped by heroic male warriors.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2025
According to Maslow’s theory of the hierarchy of needs, national cultures and ethnic backgrounds vary yet the underlying logic of consumption is fundamentally similar; people's basic consumption needs are consistent.
—Russell Flannery, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
With Boden going on to higher aspirations within the hierarchy of the Chicago Fire Department, the crew is now run with a different leader in Dom Pascal, played by the new addition of Mulroney.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
The authoritarian manosphere is organized around a hierarchy topped by heroic male warriors.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2025
According to Maslow’s theory of the hierarchy of needs, national cultures and ethnic backgrounds vary yet the underlying logic of consumption is fundamentally similar; people's basic consumption needs are consistent.
—Russell Flannery, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hierarchy
Noun
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And this kind of aspiring middle class that is trying to climb the ladder, restaurants are the place to do that.—
Amiel Stanek,
Bon Appétit,
17 Mar. 2025
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Three minutes later, Rock climbed the ladder and snipped the last strand of the net, just as Pitino had wanted.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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Downs said the one-on-one interviews were purely informational, and no ranking of candidates occurred in secret.—
Skyler Swisher,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
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The annual rankings were based primarily on survey responses from more than 217,000 employees working at companies within the U.S. that employ more than 1,000 people.—
Rachel Rabkin Peachman,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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But all corn, whether grown at a large scale or selected carefully by hand, can be traced to Mexico, says Roberts, and different types and colors have had many names over thousands of years of culinary tradition, conflict, and migration.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
15 Mar. 2025
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The adjacent Manchester ship canal, finished in 1894 — ‘canal’ in the northern English sense does not convey its scale — was capable of handling cargo ships on its docks.—
Michael Walker,
The Athletic,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Hierarchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hierarchy. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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