echelons Sentence Examples
- The soldiers advanced in tightly packed echelons, their rifles held at the ready.
- The echelons of the executive team worked tirelessly to address the company's financial crisis.
- The police set up roadblocks and searched vehicles at descending echelons of security.
- The echelons of power within the organization were clearly defined, with senior executives at the apex.
- The university's alumni association consisted of various echelons of corporate leaders and industry titans.
- The echelons of the university's faculty ranged from assistant professors to full professors.
- The military forces occupied a series of strategic echelons along the border to prevent incursions.
- The research team categorized their findings into different echelons of importance.
- The echelons of the choir sang in perfect harmony, filling the auditorium with celestial melodies.
- The echelons of the audience rose to their feet in thunderous applause at the conclusion of the performance.
echelons Meaning
echelons
any unit or group acting in a disciplined or organized manner, to take position in an echelon, a formation of units (as troops or airplanes) resembling a series of steps, a formation of units or individuals resembling such an echelon, a group of individuals at a particular level or grade in an organization or field of activity, a flight formation in which each airplane flies at a certain elevation above or below and at a certain distance behind and to the right or left of the airplane ahead, any of several military units in echelon formation, to form or arrange in an echelon, one of a series of levels especially of authority, the people who are at such a level, an arrangement of a body of troops with its units each somewhat to the left or right of the one in the rear like a series of steps, a unit in such a formation, one of a series of levels or grades in an organization or field of activity
Synonyms & Antonyms of echelons
FAQs About the word echelons
any unit or group acting in a disciplined or organized manner, to take position in an echelon, a formation of units (as troops or airplanes) resembling a series
levels, ranks, rankings, positions, places, rungs, reaches, strata, stations,degrees
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The soldiers advanced in tightly packed echelons, their rifles held at the ready.
The echelons of the executive team worked tirelessly to address the company's financial crisis.
The police set up roadblocks and searched vehicles at descending echelons of security.
The echelons of power within the organization were clearly defined, with senior executives at the apex.
