high-ranking

adjective

: having a high rank or position
high-ranking officials

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But the quiet-part-out-loud here is that the Duffer Brothers ditching Netflix for a four-year deal at Paramount seems to have rubbed high-ranking Netflix executives the wrong way, the first source told THR. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026 But behind the scenes, political commitment to IMEC is strong, according to a high-ranking EU diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to disclose the contents of confidential discussions. — Menelaos Hadjicostis, Fortune, 18 June 2026 In the film, Cox starred alongside Daniel Day-Lewis and Emily Watson, playing Joe Hamill, a high-ranking figure in the IRA. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 16 June 2026 The executive order directs various high-ranking government officials to develop and maintain a classified process for assessing whether new AI programs should be designated as frontier models, also called foundation models. — Anjana Susarla, The Conversation, 12 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for high-ranking

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“High-ranking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-ranking. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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