How to Use power structure in a Sentence

power structure

noun
Definition of power structurenext
  • They are making changes to the power structure of the church.
  • 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.
  • Once again, in the power structure, the decision was made not to show that.
    — Lynette Rice, EW.com, 24 June 2019
  • Getting to the top disrupts the power structure balance.
    — Fortune, 26 July 2019
  • So Caserio will be back this year, and the Patriots’ power structure remains intact.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2019
  • The panel has proved popular among citizens — and drawn global acclaim — but has irked many in the country’s power structure.
    — Patrick J. McDonnell, latimes.com, 17 June 2019
  • The sentencing will show them that no one is above the law, not even a member of the Bloomfield Hills power structure such as Sherr.
    — Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 3 Sep. 2019
  • His decision could alter the entire power structure of the NBA next season.
    — Andrew Sharp, SI.com, 1 July 2019
  • Meanwhile, Gilead's patriarchal power structure begins to show stress fractures, undone by the very abuses that gave it shape.
    — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2019
  • And the performance of some of the Diamondbacks’ upper-level prospects doesn’t create much hope that the club is going to alter the power structure anytime soon.
    — Nick Piecoro, azcentral, 16 July 2019
  • What’s happening between these freshman legislators and the white power structure in Washington is more than just a juicy political soap opera.
    — Esther J. Cepeda, The Mercury News, 20 July 2019
  • The decision to go to D.C., Littlefield says, came out of a desire to expand the world of the show and explore the power structure of Gilead in more depth.
    — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 June 2019
  • The Mississippi power structure has survived both the Democrats who created it and the Republicans who now oversee it.
    — Author: Margaret Newkirk, Erik Larson, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2019
  • So, once all of that changes, the power structure changes.
    — Janell Ross, Time, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The last few years have seen a lot of turnover in the Cleveland power structure.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 8 Apr. 2022
  • That is the same power structure that our film talks about.
    — Alex Rees, Time, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Plus, the duo discusses the new power structure in the front office.
    — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2024
  • It’s that power structure that attracts McClay to the Cowboys and the Cowboys to him.
    — Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2022
  • But Bias would have made the Celtics younger and could have and likely would have altered that power structure to some degree.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 26 June 2020
  • The party’s power structure has shifted to the Hampton Roads area.
    — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Moira notes that an Aunt, due to her place in Gilead's power structure, would make a helpful witness against Gilead.
    — Amanda Ostuni, EW.com, 2 June 2021
  • Asked to describe the former power structure at the top of the Illinois House, Rita drew a triangle in the air above him.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The power structure has changed; restaurants will now have higher debts.
    — Kamalika Mukherjee, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2020
  • In 2016, researchers at the Cahokia Mounds released a study that sheds new light on the ancient city’s power structure.
    — Fox News, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Still, the power structure remains mostly white and male.
    — New York Times, 10 Sep. 2019
  • But that power structure has spent the past 10-15 years weathering its share of troubles.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 21 July 2021
  • General manager Zanik moves to the top of the team’s power structure.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 June 2021
  • Further dismantling the old power structure are new forces of social media and big money.
    — Karen Tumulty, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
  • In Sub-Saharan Africa, the dictatorships and the many ways in which neocolonialism and the setting up of a power structure that still oppresses Africans is happening at the moment.
    — Sean Illing, Vox, 6 July 2024

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