high command
noun
1
: the supreme headquarters of a military force
2
: the highest leaders in an organization
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Beyond its use as a motivational tool, the Army of Drones program allows the high command in Kyiv to adjust the targets their forces prioritize.
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Simon Shuster, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Despite the high command’s efforts to reduce Korean aspirations to Cold War binaries, these reformers knew that their ambitions were broader and more diverse.
—Kornel Chang
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé’s office, citing the Labodrie massacre, said in a statement that the government had called an urgent meeting of the high command of the Haiti National Police in response to the attacks and ordered the deployment of specialized units to secure the area.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
The Nuremberg trials, where officials of the Nazi high command were put on trial for war crimes and the cruelly systematic genocidal campaign that left 5 million Jews and other groups starved and murdered, has been covered in numerous narrative films and miniseries, and documentaries.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
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Simon Shuster, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Despite the high command’s efforts to reduce Korean aspirations to Cold War binaries, these reformers knew that their ambitions were broader and more diverse.
—Kornel Chang
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé’s office, citing the Labodrie massacre, said in a statement that the government had called an urgent meeting of the high command of the Haiti National Police in response to the attacks and ordered the deployment of specialized units to secure the area.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
The Nuremberg trials, where officials of the Nazi high command were put on trial for war crimes and the cruelly systematic genocidal campaign that left 5 million Jews and other groups starved and murdered, has been covered in numerous narrative films and miniseries, and documentaries.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
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“High command.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20command. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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