Examples of tier in a Sentence
Noun (1)
the bottom tier of entrants
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Kevin Williams, CNBC, 15 Feb. 2026
The race ran so long Fox had to bump it to the lower-tier FS2 channel; the event eclipsed the three-hour window to run 50 miles.
—Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 15 Feb. 2026
Brendan Marks, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Comcast had wanted to tier the network to a more expensive sports bundle, forcing people who watched Yankees games to pay more, but YES argued Comcast doesn’t tier Mets’ network SNY because Comcast is a minority owner of SNY.
—Alex Sherman,contessa Brewer, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Of that 78 percent, only 8 percent is paid, primarily at upper tier hotels where the trend is taking root.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 15 Feb. 2026
The race ran so long Fox had to bump it to the lower-tier FS2 channel; the event eclipsed the three-hour window to run 50 miles.
—Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 15 Feb. 2026
Verb
Well, let’s try to tier the best teams by contender status, among this week’s 10 thoughts.
—Brendan Marks, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Comcast had wanted to tier the network to a more expensive sports bundle, forcing people who watched Yankees games to pay more, but YES argued Comcast doesn’t tier Mets’ network SNY because Comcast is a minority owner of SNY.
—Alex Sherman,contessa Brewer, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Tier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tier. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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tier
1 of 3 noun
: a row, rank, or layer usually arranged in a series one above the other
tiered
adjective
ˈti(ə)rd
tier
2 of 3 verb1
: to place or arrange in tiers
2
: to rise in tiers
tier
3 of 3 noun
ti·er
variants
or tyer
ˈtī(-ə)r
: a person or thing that ties
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