top brass

noun

informal

: the people in the highest positions in an organization (such as the military or a business)

Navy top brass met earlier today.

—often used with the

The (company) top brass have/has decided that no action is necessary.

Examples of top brass in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Sitting alongside gray-haired Pentagon top brass, the 26-year-old Wang held forth on the U.S.-China AI arms race and other weighty topics. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 22 June 2025

However, Pixar's top brass have previously revealed that the film follows a young human woman who jumps into the body of a synthetic beaver and embeds herself with the local beaver population to prevent the destruction of her local wetlands. —Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 20 June 2025

The club’s top brass sees potential and upside in a low-cost investment. —Beren Cross, New York Times, 18 June 2025

Israel’s Defense Ministry said most of the top brass of the IRGC died in the attack. —Ruxandra Iordache,dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 13 June 2025

Rhymes for top brass

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• impasse