Thesaurus results for GENERALS

generals

noun

plural of general

as in commanders

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Recent Examples of generals Would an army with excellent captains and mediocre generals be better than one with a brilliant general and crummy captains? — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for generals

Noun

Seeing no evil are legions of crooked operators — customs inspectors, tax agents, military commanders, among other enablers.

— Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Whenever negotiations resume, Iran's opaque power structure — spanning the Supreme Leader, the Revolutionary Guards, civilian government, commanders and other groups — will shape not only what is agreed, but whether any deal can be enforced.

— Emma Graham, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of commanders

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No two competing baseball executives live so close to each other, or are able to meet up and share war stories about their owners, players or the local media.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026
Over the past decade, network executives have overhauled the program time and again, asking viewers to make connections with anchors including Scott Pelley, Norah O’Donnell and Jeff Glor, only to revise plans every few years.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of executives

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To stagger the terms, governors in those three branches were elected this year to one-, two- or three-year terms, with the process reverting to the standard one-governor-per-branch, three-year cycle in 2027.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 15 June 2026
Although other Democratic governors and public health leaders have openly criticized the federal government, few have been as outspoken as Newsom, who is considering a run for president in 2028 and is in his second and final term as governor.

— Angela Hart, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026

Definition of governors

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Boston community and city leaders say new safety measures are rolling out this week, after recent alarming violence in Downtown Boston around Boston Common and Downtown Crossing.

— Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
In the beginning of a pattern that would repeat for the next decade, Taylor Farms leaders pushed back on those FDA findings.

— Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of leaders

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Clinicians and administrators remain in control, but decision making becomes faster, more proactive and focused on delivering better patient care.

— Prathap Rao, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
That ruling put the thumb on the scale in favor of school administrators’ judgment calls, according to the appeals court judges who backed Tri County Area Schools in the dispute over the sweatshirt.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of administrators

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If there is a crime or incident that occurs that is not an imminent threat to life or property, officers must ask permission from the moderator to investigate that incident, local police chiefs said.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2026
During the medieval period, parts of the region also came under the Ballal chiefs of Sullia.

— Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of chiefs

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Amazon and Microsoft, two of the largest employers in Washington, have both announced several rounds of mass layoffs in recent years.

— Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
As more employers publish pay ranges and more states require salary disclosures in job postings, employees have access to information that was once difficult to find.

— Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026