power structure
noun
1
: a group of persons having control of an organization : establishment
2
: the hierarchical interrelationships existing within a controlling group
Examples of power structure in a Sentence
The parade won't happen without the approval of the city's power structure.
Women in the company are struggling for equality against the male power structure.
They are making changes to the power structure of the church.
Recent Examples on the Web
Watching Santosh learn the ropes of her local police station is amusing at first, but Goswami sells its increasing complications through silent reaction shots as her character becomes slowly absorbed by this power structure, its in-group language, its secrets and its casual corruption.
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 May 2024
Ronan has said that living through his family’s scandals has influenced his view of power structure.
—Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
As the potent Sun conjoins liberating Uranus in your authoritative 10th house, your frustration with a fussy power structure that never gets anything done could boil over.
—Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2024
The novels include anti-colonialist narratives and challenges to imperial power structures.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
Among other things, the Democratic power structure swung to Elliott in the November election.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2024
Until that power structure is upended, the same pattern will continue to repeat itself.
—TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
Nashville’s power structure isn’t feeding Swift her lines.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2024
And of course, there’s Altman, the former head of startup incubator Y Combinator, whose stature within Silicon Valley’s elite money and power structure is nearly unmatched.
—Kylie Robison, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 May 2024
Ronan has said that living through his family’s scandals has influenced his view of power structure.
—Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
As the potent Sun conjoins liberating Uranus in your authoritative 10th house, your frustration with a fussy power structure that never gets anything done could boil over.
—Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2024
The novels include anti-colonialist narratives and challenges to imperial power structures.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
Among other things, the Democratic power structure swung to Elliott in the November election.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2024
Until that power structure is upended, the same pattern will continue to repeat itself.
—TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
Nashville’s power structure isn’t feeding Swift her lines.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2024
And of course, there’s Altman, the former head of startup incubator Y Combinator, whose stature within Silicon Valley’s elite money and power structure is nearly unmatched.
—Kylie Robison, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Power structure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20structure. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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