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the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement
jobs in the upper echelons of the company pay quite well indeed
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Recent Examples of echelons
In fact, substantial variation in outcomes for college graduates exists – and the Horatio Alger myth that education opens doors to the upper echelons of society is far from true.
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Michael Collins, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Driven by his instincts, Fok begins to dig deeper into the case, uncovering a labyrinthine conspiracy that threads through Hong Kong’s criminal underworld and its upper echelons of power.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
Other notable names from the architecture echelons were architects Norman Foster, Tadao Ando and Valode & Pistre Architectes, while landscape architect Michel Desvigne developed the overall plan.
—Amy Rose Dobson, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
This is especially true among the upper echelons of the extremely wealthy.
—Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 18 Dec. 2024
Pelosi stepped down from Democratic leadership last year after roughly two decades at the helm of the caucus, allowing a new crop of younger lawmakers to take on the highest echelons of the group.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
And what goes mainstream can eventually infect the highest echelons of government.
—William Cooper, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
As college graduates creep into lower income brackets, those without a bachelor’s degree slowly disappear from the upper echelons.
—Preston Cooper, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Having worked in these upper echelons of British royal society, she was subsequently convicted of murdering her husband Thomas Cressman in 2001.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2024
Michael Collins, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Driven by his instincts, Fok begins to dig deeper into the case, uncovering a labyrinthine conspiracy that threads through Hong Kong’s criminal underworld and its upper echelons of power.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
Other notable names from the architecture echelons were architects Norman Foster, Tadao Ando and Valode & Pistre Architectes, while landscape architect Michel Desvigne developed the overall plan.
—Amy Rose Dobson, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
This is especially true among the upper echelons of the extremely wealthy.
—Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 18 Dec. 2024
Pelosi stepped down from Democratic leadership last year after roughly two decades at the helm of the caucus, allowing a new crop of younger lawmakers to take on the highest echelons of the group.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
And what goes mainstream can eventually infect the highest echelons of government.
—William Cooper, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
As college graduates creep into lower income brackets, those without a bachelor’s degree slowly disappear from the upper echelons.
—Preston Cooper, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Having worked in these upper echelons of British royal society, she was subsequently convicted of murdering her husband Thomas Cressman in 2001.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Echelons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/echelons. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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