as in level
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 echelon
With a net worth of $22.7 billion based on a Pop Mart stake, the 38-year-old is the youngest member of the country’s top echelon of tycoons, which includes ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming, Nongfu Spring Chairman Zhong Shanshan and Tencent cofounder Ma Huateng.
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Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Will this be enough to catapult Rae to the upper echelons of pop?
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 6 June 2025
Those killed in Iran include the military's top echelon and nuclear scientists.
—Maayan Lubell, USA Today, 21 June 2025
The next year, his fame reached a new echelon after the release of Pumping Iron, a docudrama that highlighted Schwarzenegger's strange charisma and filthy sense of humor.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 12 June 2025
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Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Will this be enough to catapult Rae to the upper echelons of pop?
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 6 June 2025
Those killed in Iran include the military's top echelon and nuclear scientists.
—Maayan Lubell, USA Today, 21 June 2025
The next year, his fame reached a new echelon after the release of Pumping Iron, a docudrama that highlighted Schwarzenegger's strange charisma and filthy sense of humor.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for echelon
Noun
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Is your irritability to the level where your children might notice or your husband might have some comments about the irritability?—
Essence,
Essence,
5 July 2025
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The voters did not approve any of the new restrictions passed by the Senate and debated in the House that include reducing the number of plants that can be grown in a home from 12 to six, lowering the THC level from extracts from 90% to 70% and banning sharing between adults.—
J.D. Davidson,
The Washington Examiner,
5 July 2025
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Introducing the 2025 Fortune 500, the definitive ranking of the biggest companies in America.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
6 July 2025
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England currently stands at No. 5 in the FIFA world rankings after reaching as high as No. 2 last year.—
Molly Geary,
Sportico.com,
5 July 2025
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But Hamas has recruited new fighters as well, a senior Israeli military official said earlier this year, replenishing their ranks.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
12 July 2025
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The bank is testing an autonomous software engineer from artificial intelligence startup Cognition that is expected to soon join the ranks of the firm's 12,000 human developers, Goldman tech chief Marco Argenti told CNBC.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
11 July 2025
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Matt’s father, Tom, was a coach for the Oklahoma State baseball team for 26 years, including head coach from 1997-2003, a position now held by Matt’s brother, Josh.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
13 July 2025
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In the past decade, Smith has held several leadership positions in the department, including in human resources, recruitment, emergency communications and dispatch.—
Scott Wartman,
The Enquirer,
13 July 2025
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The Blues get a favorable semifinal matchup vs. Fluminense (which is currently in sixth place after a 6-2-3 start to the 2025 Brazilian Serie A campaign).—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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No plans are in place to bring any of Goodison’s statues to the new site.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
7 July 2025
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“Echelon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/echelon. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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