food chain
noun
1
: an arrangement of the organisms of an ecological community according to the order of predation in which each uses the next usually lower member as a food source
2
: a hierarchy based on power or importance
at the top of the corporate food chain
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The chemicals were also found to build up rapidly in the food chain and lead to devastating health effects in lab animals.
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Mariah Blake, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
Reich did his own analysis of the data, comparing jobs at California’s large fast food chains to those in states where the minimum wage did not change, as well as California’s full-service restaurants and smaller fast food chains not subject to the policy.
—Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
McDonald's, a stalwart American fast food chain, posted a steep sales drop at U.S. restaurants in its first quarter earnings report Thursday, citing economic uncertainty and diminished consumer sentiment.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 May 2025
However, neither fossil could definitively show just what particular predator reigned atop the Caribbean food chain.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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Mariah Blake, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
Reich did his own analysis of the data, comparing jobs at California’s large fast food chains to those in states where the minimum wage did not change, as well as California’s full-service restaurants and smaller fast food chains not subject to the policy.
—Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
McDonald's, a stalwart American fast food chain, posted a steep sales drop at U.S. restaurants in its first quarter earnings report Thursday, citing economic uncertainty and diminished consumer sentiment.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 May 2025
However, neither fossil could definitively show just what particular predator reigned atop the Caribbean food chain.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Food chain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20chain. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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