noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pyramid scheme
pyramid selling
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
scheme
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And when pyramid schemes began to appear in the last few years, nearly everyone caught the bug.
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A pyramid scheme creates the illusion of financial success by paying off early investors with funds provided by later investors.
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Alimucaj, who has denied that his company is a pyramid scheme , declined to be interviewed.
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This pyramid scheme was so successful that some counselors were earning more than $ 150, 000 a month.
■ VERB
build
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Quickly they built it into a pyramid over the torch.
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Aztec settlers built their pyramid city on an island and created dikes to hold back floods.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Elite theory can be visually represented by a power pyramid , as shown in Figure 10. 1.
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He was standing on this big silver pyramid where the stage was.
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Luxor, built in the shape of a pyramid , complete with a sphinx out front.
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Now that the apex of the pyramid was gone, there was no obvious way for decisions to be reached,.
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Professionals' self-esteem had been founded upon being at the top of the manual wages pyramid .
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The balance was split between others up and down the pyramid .
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The golf tee system is the exact opposite of the pyramid system with its massive support operation.
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There had been much talk of curses like those said to afflict pyramid robbers, which Holmes had angrily pooh-poohed.