sergeant

noun

Definition of sergeantnext
as in lieutenant

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Recent Examples of sergeant In his time with LRPD, Finks was the first Black sergeant in the narcotics division and the first Black captain in the Special Investigations Division. — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 30 June 2026 Like what happened the late afternoon of May 11 in Mundelein, where an 18-year police veteran and sergeant discharged his service weapon four times and killed 37-year-old Mary Alice Love. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026 The criminal complaint was filed by a sergeant whom Lugo demoted in 2020. — Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 25 June 2026 An Army sergeant was sentenced to life in a military prison Tuesday for shootings last summer that wounded five people at a base in Georgia. — ABC News, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for sergeant
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  1. lieutenant
  2. captain
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  • Fifteen defendants have been sentenced in a domestic terrorism case tied to a July 4, 2025, protest at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in North Texas, where an Alvarado police lieutenant was shot and wounded.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026
  • Five, including the company owner and a former Yolo County sheriff’s lieutenant, have been charged with murder.
    — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of lieutenant
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  • After belting the song, England captain Harry Kane barely managed to get through a post-match interview with his totally shattered voice.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2026
  • On March 30, 2026, a French court sentenced the Chinese captain in absentia to one year in prison and issued an arrest warrant after convicting him of failing to comply with orders to stop his ship.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
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