food chain
noun
1
: an arrangement of the organisms of an ecological community according to the order of predation in which each uses the next usually lower member as a food source
2
: a hierarchy based on power or importance
at the top of the corporate food chain
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The Mexican food chain is expanding its former meal deal, the $7 Luxe Cravings Box, by adding new $5 and $9 Luxe Cravings Boxes.
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Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Through images that highlight this strong contrast, the project focuses on how standardized urban models - from fast food chains to shopping malls - often erase local traditions and historical identities.
—Vogue, 14 Jan. 2025
The fast food chain is joining Meta and other companies who are ditching DEI efforts as the Trump administration, who has vowed to fight against these programs, is about to take office.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
The fast food chain also plans to build about 250 to 300 new restaurants.
—Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2025
Key questions, such as how much radioactive material is accumulating up the food chain, remain.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
At the top of the hybrid food chain is Ferrari’s F80, a hypercar inspired by Formula 1 racers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2025
Chipotle, meanwhile, named insider and industry veteran Scott Boatwright to the Mexican food chain’s helm in November.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
Of course, an island food chain would collapse if bears stopped eating fish and foxes stopped eating eggs, a clear contradiction to the film’s ethos of cross-species cooperation.
—Elvia Wilk, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
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Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Through images that highlight this strong contrast, the project focuses on how standardized urban models - from fast food chains to shopping malls - often erase local traditions and historical identities.
—Vogue, 14 Jan. 2025
The fast food chain is joining Meta and other companies who are ditching DEI efforts as the Trump administration, who has vowed to fight against these programs, is about to take office.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
The fast food chain also plans to build about 250 to 300 new restaurants.
—Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2025
Key questions, such as how much radioactive material is accumulating up the food chain, remain.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
At the top of the hybrid food chain is Ferrari’s F80, a hypercar inspired by Formula 1 racers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2025
Chipotle, meanwhile, named insider and industry veteran Scott Boatwright to the Mexican food chain’s helm in November.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
Of course, an island food chain would collapse if bears stopped eating fish and foxes stopped eating eggs, a clear contradiction to the film’s ethos of cross-species cooperation.
—Elvia Wilk, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Food chain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20chain. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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