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- noun Plural form of
echelon .
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Examples
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They reported loading a total of 180,014 Crimean Tatars into 67 train echelons of which 63 with 173,287 deportees were already on their way to their new destinations (Bugai, doc. 13, pp. 138-139).
Global Voices in English » Ukraine: 65th Anniversary of the Crimean Tatar Deportations 2009
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The following day the number of Crimean Tatars transported to rail stations increased to 165,515 of which 136,412 had been loaded onto train echelons bound for Uzbekistan (Bugai, doc. 12, p. 138).
Global Voices in English » Ukraine: 65th Anniversary of the Crimean Tatar Deportations 2009
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The second echelons, that is, the remainder, of these divisions were to follow as soon as they could be unloaded; directly following them, if possible with tank elements in the first wave, would come the second wave of six panzer and three motorized divisions, [And two motorized regiments.] split up equally between each Army's sector and leaving from the same areas as those of the first wave.
Operation Sea Lion Wheatley, Ronald 1958
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Known as "echelons", these amazing "V" formations are actually better described as "J" formations, because they're much more likely to be unevenly balanced - as demonstrated in this absolutely stunning image captured over the fields of Arkansas.
Google Sightseeing 2009
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In general, maintenance is organized into "echelons", the number of which vary with the type of unit, country, size of operation, and other factors.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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A freedom agenda is not likely to come from the political echelons currently in office.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: As the Arab Dominoes Fall, Is Gaddafi Next? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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Rule-breaking for the sake of political expediency is hardly a policy recipe that should be rewarded within the top echelons of global finance, let alone duplicated in future debt crises.
After Strauss-Kahn 2011
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Therefore early in 1927 it became necessary for drastic remedial action, extending to the highest echelons of the government.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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A freedom agenda is not likely to come from the political echelons currently in office.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: As the Arab Dominoes Fall, Is Gaddafi Next? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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A freedom agenda is not likely to come from the political echelons currently in office.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: As the Arab Dominoes Fall, Is Gaddafi Next? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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