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hierarch

noun

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as in executive

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Recent Examples of hierarch Earlier this month, Cupich took part in the papal conclave that elected Prevost as pope on May 8, stunning many Catholic scholars and hierarchs who didn’t anticipate an American would be named pontiff. — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025 His speech was criticized in a statement from the Antiochian, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Serbian American Orthodox hierarchs. — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Mar. 2025 His message on Monday was a confirmation from AI’s hierarch that the disruptors had been disrupted. — Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2025 In the immediate aftermath of communism there was a flurry of revelations about collaboration between Russian hierarchs and the KGB, but soon the files snapped shut. — The Economist, 11 Aug. 2019 The affair follows a two-year-old drive by Archbishop Charles Thompson, the local hierarch, to make sure that Catholic teaching is observed in all the places under his purview. — Erasmus, The Economist, 14 July 2019 That paved the way for Archbishop Ieronymos to join the primate of the new Ukrainian church, Epifaniy, and many other Bartholomew-minded hierarchs at celebrations in Istanbul of the Ecumenical Patriarch’s personal feast-day on June 11th. — Erasmus, The Economist, 15 June 2019 Unfortunately the ability to communicate successfully across other barriers, whether geopolitical or simply personal, is currently eluding the Christians of the East, or at least their hierarchs. — Erasmus, The Economist, 15 June 2019

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But most industry executives believe the quickest route to launching eVTOL service is to upgrade today’s helicopter infrastructure with charging systems.

— Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2026
For executives, that fortress includes the systems surrounding their decisions and the biological capacity supporting them.

— Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of executive

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Fedorov, a popular minister credited with modernizing Ukraine’s armed forces and accelerating the military’s embrace of technology and drone warfare, was dismissed last month after reportedly falling out with the country’s top military commander.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Rezaei was a senior commander during the war with Iraq in the 1980s — a foundational moment in the creation of the Islamic Republic.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026

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Fans, artists, and leaders across all industries are mourning the star whose relentless optimism, grace, and resilience was a shining light.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
Burch, who wasn't known for being particularly close with her neighbors before, emerged as vocal leader—and a lightning rod for deal proponents.

— Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of leader

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The video, released by Ukraine’s prosecutor general, clearly shows a person in a black bucket hat, a lose dark jumper and a large white tote bag, walking up the street and placing a black backpack on the doorstep of Yermolaiev’s home.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Ecuador’s government shared that Michele Sensi-Contugi, director-general of the Ecuadorian Strategic Intelligence Center, and his wife, Stephany Hollihan, were among the dead passengers.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of general

Noun

Rockefeller had been the bride’s employer and her husband’s friend and political ally for years, and had introduced them at Harvard, where Henry Kissinger was teaching and Maginnes became one of his students.

— Robert D. Mcfadden, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026
Lujan now works in private law practice and occasionally goes up against his former employer in court.

— Brian Maass, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of employer

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On Sunday, Roman Goffman, the chief of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, met again with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani in Jordan to ease the latest tensions, according to the Syrian state news agency.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
The pilots could not see the runway and were flying by instruments, Clint Johnson, the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska region chief, said Friday.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

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