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two-tier

or two-tiered

[ too-teer ]

adjective

  1. consisting of two tiers, floors, levels, or the like:

    a two-tier wedding cake.

  2. consisting of two separate price structures, sets of regulations, etc.:

    a two-tier fare system for subways and buses.



two-tier

adjective

  1. involving or comprising two levels of structure, policy, etc
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of two-tier1

First recorded in 1970–75
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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.

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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.

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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.

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However, the report said the policing response was "entirely appropriate" given the violence and criminality - with no evidence to suggest "two-tier policing".

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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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