Plural of echelon

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Echelons in a sentence

• Officials in China are divided into three echelons, or generations.2004, Alfred Kuo-liang Ho, “Deng’s Political Reforms”, in China’s Reforms and Reformers, Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, Greenwood...
• The celebration of the social media revolution also reached the higher echelons of politics.2012, Paolo Gerbaudo, Tweets and the Streets: Social Media and Contemporary Activism, Pluto Press, →ISBN. From the entry social media revolution
• "It's a man's world — the top echelons of politics and business here are all dominated by men," said Emily Lau.2011 February 21, Bettina Wassener, “Women Still Face Barriers in Hong Kong”, in New York Times, retrieved 07 Jul 2019. From the entry it's a man's world
• The documents in this report reveal how such doctrinal disagreements have historically driven wedges within the upper echelons of al-Qa'ida.2006 February 14, “Organizational Vulnerabilities and Recommendations to Exploit Them”, in Harmony and Disharmony: Exploiting al-Qa’ida’s…. From the entry underbelly
• One of academia’s deficiencies is that, though its lecture halls and graduate schools are replete with women, its higher echelons are not.2013 August 31, “Promotion and self-promotion”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8851. From the entry deficiency

Meaning of echelon

1. noun A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
2. noun A line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road.
3. noun A formation of troops, ships, aircraft, etc., in diagonal parallel rows.

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Questions about the plural of echelon

What is the plural of echelon?

The plural of echelon is echelons.

Is echelon countable?

Echelon is a countable noun.