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also peck order
as in hierarchy
the way in which people or things in a group or organization are placed in a series of levels with different importance or status
As an assistant manager, he was pretty low in the company's pecking order.
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Recent Examples of pecking order
Hopkins, who turns 33 in June, could find himself further down the pecking order in Baltimore's offense next season.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Sometimes a hen gets picked on by the others and has to be coaxed back into the pecking order.
—Tove Danovich, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
That way, the buyers, as unsecured creditors, would not be lower in the pecking order to lenders, the secured creditors.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2025
Yet there’s also been a lack of leadership within the Bianconeri side, especially more so since the departure of Danilo, who fell down the pecking order under Motta at the beginning of the season.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Sometimes a hen gets picked on by the others and has to be coaxed back into the pecking order.
—Tove Danovich, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
That way, the buyers, as unsecured creditors, would not be lower in the pecking order to lenders, the secured creditors.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2025
Yet there’s also been a lack of leadership within the Bianconeri side, especially more so since the departure of Danilo, who fell down the pecking order under Motta at the beginning of the season.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pecking order
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“Pecking order.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pecking%20order. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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