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two-tier
[ too-teer ]
adjective
- consisting of two tiers, floors, levels, or the like:
a two-tier wedding cake.
- consisting of two separate price structures, sets of regulations, etc.:
a two-tier fare system for subways and buses.
two-tier
adjective
- involving or comprising two levels of structure, policy, etc
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of two-tier1
Example Sentences
The U.S. would fall deeper into a two-tier healthcare landscape, with conservative states cutting healthcare services and blue states trying to hold the line for their residents.
While I’ve long decried the two-tier system of justice for leaks by the politically powerful versus career public servants, the Hegseth case is beyond the pale.
Relatively few trans people have GRCs and the judgment concluded if they were treated differently to those who do not have certificates, it would create an unworkable two-tier system of protections for the group.
However, the report said the policing response was "entirely appropriate" given the violence and criminality - with no evidence to suggest "two-tier policing".
And go east from Grantham and you'll find, well, nothing happening: Norfolk County Council was one of nine areas where elections were postponed while the government embarks on local government reorganisation, merging two-tier district and county councils into single unitary authorities.
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