Thesaurus results for HIERARCHY

hierarchy

noun

ˈhī-(ə-)ˌrär-kē

Definition of hierarchy

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 There is no outcry among the 49ers to shame him or demand change in the hierarchy after his Sunday morning arrest in a prostitution sting. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 If nothing else, this weather gives people a chance to study up on the weather service’s hierarchy of hot-weather alarms. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026 Khurram Ismail, Chief Product Officer at SanDisk talked about their vision of additional layers in the storage and memory hierarchy for storing persistent KV cache as shown below. — Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Yes, the Greeks made remarkable advances in mathematics, but mostly in geometry, which is about solid, stable objects and uses a strict hierarchy of axioms, rules, and procedures—very Platonic. — Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hierarchy

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Before ascending the ladder at Business Affairs, Capifali did stints at the Department of Environment and the Chicago Commission on Animal Care and Control.

— Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Because the existing hole was too small, crews used a saw to cut a larger opening and lowered a ladder inside to give the animals an easy way out.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of ladder

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The list measures which albums and EPs rack up the most streams throughout the United States, and neither Hussle nor Rideaux had reached the relatively new ranking before this week.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Eala is the first Filipino to win a junior Grand Slam, beat a Top Ten opponent, win a Grand Slam match, reach Wimbledon’s fourth round, win a Women’s Tennis Association tournament, and attain a Top Twenty ranking.

— Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of ranking

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Project Cayman is part of ONE Nuclear’s broader strategy to develop utility-scale natural gas and advanced nuclear generation for industrial and grid applications.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
One of the most striking indications of the scale of this campaign is the explosion of high treason and espionage prosecutions since the start of the war.

— Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026

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