power structure
noun
1
: a group of persons having control of an organization : establishment
2
: the hierarchical interrelationships existing within a controlling group
Examples of power structure in a Sentence
The parade won't happen without the approval of the city's power structure.
Women in the company are struggling for equality against the male power structure.
They are making changes to the power structure of the church.
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But as the national political power structure shifts sharply to the right, experts in terrorism have begun to worry about a new threat: Disgruntled anti-fascists who decide to take matters into their own hands.
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Will Carless, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
In high school, putting up with the grimly requisite amount of racial abuse from white kids and the entire power structure, Elwood finds the right teacher who alerts him to the prospect of a free college education at a nearly technical school.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
Has the fundamental power structure of the sport changed?
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
The Democrats’ power structure is dominated by lawmakers from the coasts — both at the leadership and committee level — and Craig is the only one of the three candidates to represent the Heartland, where Democrats were drubbed in this year’s presidential contest.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2024
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Will Carless, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
In high school, putting up with the grimly requisite amount of racial abuse from white kids and the entire power structure, Elwood finds the right teacher who alerts him to the prospect of a free college education at a nearly technical school.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
Has the fundamental power structure of the sport changed?
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
The Democrats’ power structure is dominated by lawmakers from the coasts — both at the leadership and committee level — and Craig is the only one of the three candidates to represent the Heartland, where Democrats were drubbed in this year’s presidential contest.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Power structure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20structure. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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