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one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic
the bottom tier of entrants
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Recent Examples of tier
Orange County’s fire guidelines call for three different tiers of fuel modification zones, with different construction requirements and shrub removal rates typically extending up to 200 feet outside the perimeter.
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Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Customers can supply their own infrastructure with an enterprise tier.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
The Dragons played a tough schedule and shared a West Alameda County Conference Foothill Division title with Open participant Piedmont, but the reigning NorCal Division I champions were somehow slotted in the second tier of the NCS playoffs.
—Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
That can be a tricky question, since both offer a number of tiers with different prices and features.
—PCMAG, 9 Feb. 2025
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Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Customers can supply their own infrastructure with an enterprise tier.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
The Dragons played a tough schedule and shared a West Alameda County Conference Foothill Division title with Open participant Piedmont, but the reigning NorCal Division I champions were somehow slotted in the second tier of the NCS playoffs.
—Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
That can be a tricky question, since both offer a number of tiers with different prices and features.
—PCMAG, 9 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tier
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“Tier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tier. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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