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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

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The Russian military has sought to weaponize Ukraine prisoners of war by forcing them to denounce their commanders, government and homeland in propaganda videos reaching new audiences in the age of social media.

— Yasmin Vossoughian, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2026
Data gathered from weapons could give commanders and trainers additional information for evaluating how units performed and identifying areas for improvement.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026

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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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Her argument pushes against a much louder story from Silicon Valley, where AI leaders keep warning that white-collar work is about to be automated.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Corporate leaders go undercover within their own organizations to gain firsthand insight into their workforce and operations.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of leaders

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Deadline understands that True Brit, which has distributed titles including Hugh Jackman’s The Death of Robin Hood, has appointed administrators at Simons Muirhead Burton to oversee the company’s affairs.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
Tests show the gaps between subjective grades and real understanding—and this, in turn, gives the public and administrators a sense of which schools are actually teaching their students.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of administrators

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The lawsuit provides greater insight into changes within the city’s police department, which lost both deputy chiefs while the city continues paying former Chief Adam Dustman after his public resignation.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
Several chiefs were in the front row of the crowd as the governors approved the directive during a December convening at the National Aquarium in Baltimore.

— Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2026

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At Will Does Not Answer Every Question California’s at-will rule gives employers broad room to make personnel decisions, including decisions an employee may consider abrupt or poorly reasoned.

— William Jones, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Economists expected employers to have added 84,000 jobs last month.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

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