high command

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Recent Examples of high command While the Nuremberg trials put the Nazi high command on trial, there were still many, many Germans in the SS or who worked at concentration camps who were able to return to everyday life. — Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026 The Berlin building complex once housed the Nazi's army high command. — Marc Lieberman, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for high command
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  1. center
  2. command
  3. home
  4. seat
  5. capital
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  • Both men sat in opposite corners afterward before Reigns walked to the center and offered a fist, and Rollins met it.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Ebola treatment centers have been attacked by residents fueled by misinformation or anger over strict outbreak measures.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of center
Noun
  • Militaries often run command and control operations away from the frontlines; enemies have sought to disrupt those communications through jamming and, in the past few decades, cyberattacks.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Several generations of jam bands cite Little Feat as foundational, although almost none has come close to matching the group’s seamless stylistic range and command of percolating grooves and noodling-free improvisations.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of command
Noun
  • The Lebanese army entered the town of Zawtar al-Gharbieh and some civilians returned, although many came only to find their homes destroyed and left again.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Known as programmable logic controllers, these devices can be used like an industrial version of home thermostats.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of home
Noun
  • Founded in 2011, Black Girls Code has spent more than a decade trying to change who gets a seat at the table in tech.
    — Carson Bonner, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • All of the tickets for the inaugural game were sold, but there were some empty seats due to the weather conditions that kept the players from taking batting practice on the field and delayed the first pitch.
    — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of seat
Noun
  • Those seriously hurt were transported 43 miles away to the capital of North Shewa Administrative Zone, Debre Birhan.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The sticky wicket, which has been the stickiest for AI-tech megacaps, is investor angst around capital expenditures and a sluggish pace of return that could send the stock on a nosedive.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
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