high command

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Recent Examples of high command Beyond its use as a motivational tool, the Army of Drones program allows the high command in Kyiv to adjust the targets their forces prioritize. Simon Shuster, Time, 24 Sep. 2025 Despite the high command’s efforts to reduce Korean aspirations to Cold War binaries, these reformers knew that their ambitions were broader and more diverse. Kornel Chang september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025 The military high command’s response, four decades after the last junta ceded power, confirms Brazilians’ established respect for civilian authority and little desire to return to rule by generals. The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2025 Oscar winners Russell Crowe and Rami Malek are engaging in a psychological game of chess in writer-director James Vanderbilt‘s historical drama Nuremberg that chronicles the efforts to bring the Nazi high command to justice after World War II in the Nuremberg Trials. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high command
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Noun
  • At the center of the case was Gavin Arvizo, a then-15-year-old cancer survivor from Los Angeles.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2026
  • An employee has died at the United States Postal Service's metro Atlanta distribution center, officials have confirmed with CBS News Atlanta.
    Dan Raby, CBS News, 5 June 2026
Noun
  • Few artists share her command of the spatial dimensions of narrative required to guide an addressee between points of divergence and contention.
    Erika Landström, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • After participating in the investigation, Onka alleged that Dustman began withholding important information from command staff members who had criticized him or questioned department decisions.
    Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • While scouting for a personal mountain home during Covid, the family discovered that the old Aspen Hotel was for sale.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 June 2026
  • Homeownership feels increasingly out of reach for many Americans, but not for this group of creatures, which slithered into an uninhabited home in Arkansas, much to the chagrin of the realtor trying to sell it.
    Drew Pittock, USA Today, 5 June 2026
Noun
  • While Republicans still hold an advantage in Iowa, Democrats see openings in a competitive governor’s race, an open Senate seat, and two battleground congressional districts that could help determine control of Congress next year.
    Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
  • Then there’s Ammar Campa-Najjar, who has sought a similar seat twice before and more recently for Chula Vista mayor.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • There’s a chance that the aurora borealis will appear in the sky above Idaho’s capital city on Thursday, June 4, according to the National Weather Service.
    Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 5 June 2026
  • Amsterdam was once widely treated as the gay capital of Europe, with a lively scene around Reguliersdwarsstraat that turned the city into an international hub in the late twentieth century.
    Jurriaan Teulings, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 June 2026

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“High command.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20command. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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