How to Use tier in a Sentence

tier

noun
  • Much of their third tier is gone.
    — NBC news, 7 June 2026
  • Corey’s top tier has five names.
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 12 June 2026
  • Here’s where the tier shifts from needs to wants.
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • But 95% of those users are on free tiers.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 May 2026
  • Many of those options have a free tier.
    — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
  • Their first tier and second tier are gone.
    — NBC news, 7 June 2026
  • There are new tiers for rewards, too.
    — Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The gap between tiers is large.
    — Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • All tiers can access all themes.
    — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 30 May 2026
  • How big is the top tier of players in this class?
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 12 June 2026
  • So, there is health, and not just in the upper tier.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 May 2026
  • There are two tiers to the Greens’ dance cards for the night.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
  • They were swept down by the force of the water to the third tier.
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Newcastle is a good club, but not the top tier.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Certainly not a top half or a top tier threat in any way.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The free tier will remain for those with more basic needs.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 28 May 2026
  • Both of their opponents at the time were in the third tier.
    — Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Along one wall ran hundreds of gray, two-tier lockers.
    — Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • But there were tiers that people could pay to subscribe to you?
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Only ten bottles reached that top tier.
    — Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Here's how these tiers differ in terms of features.
    — John Brandon, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The streamer hiked prices again last week across its three major tiers.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2026
  • For renewals, two of the four tiers will remain the same price.
    — Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Ticket access will roll out in tiers.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The club won’t be able to do that in the second-tier next season.
    — Joe Prince-Wright, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Pricing sits in the mid-market tier.
    — Ascend Agency, Denver Post, 18 June 2026
  • The three tiers are made of durable and strong metal wire that can hold up to five pounds each.
    — Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2026
  • What's emerging is a three-tier structure.
    — Abhishek Gandotra, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • There are a few different tiers.
    — Sarah Burns, The Conversation, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Duwaji wore a brown coat, with a three-tier detail, and a smile.
    — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 1 Jan. 2026

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