two-tier approach
- noun
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- In order to develop his two-tier approach, Sunstein concededly needs to treat the distinction between political and nonpolitical speech as meaningful and central to First Amendment analysis.
Examples
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Having explored the strategies Sunstein employs in support of his two-tier approach to First Amendment issues, we are now in a position to locate his perspective in the intellectual history being set forth in this article.
Academic text (1996) -
Using a two-tier approach allows the organization to allocate resources more effectively, ensuring that critical tasks are prioritized.
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Rather than entirely exclude nonpolitical speech from First Amendment protection, he revives the higher value-lower value categorization, tying it to a "two-tier" approach to free speech cases.
Academic text (1996) -
Sunstein's choice of the two-tier approach, in which even nonpolitical speech is afforded some level of protection, enables him to incorporate into his theoretical foundations for doctrinal retrenchment in free speech.
Academic text (1996) -
The committee decided to implement a two-tier approach to handle both urgent and non-urgent requests separately.
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Experts suggest adopting a two-tier approach for the project, with one level focused on initial development and another for advanced testing.
Synonyms
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4.1
A system with two different levels, for example basic and premium
Surface Forms
Morphology
two-tier + approach
The phrase is compositional: 'two-tier' denotes something organized in two tiers/levels and 'approach' means a method or strategy, so the overall meaning 'a method with two distinct levels' follows directly from the parts. This is a common, cross-linguistically obvious pattern (two/level + approach), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the intended sense.
Etymology
The noun two-tier approach creates the image of two stacked levels, or tiers, like a building with a lower floor and an upper floor where each floor has different rules. So the phrase means 'a plan with two separate levels that do different jobs'.