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Recent Examples of high command
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.
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Kornel Chang
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé’s office, citing the Labodrie massacre, said in a statement that the government had called an urgent meeting of the high command of the Haiti National Police in response to the attacks and ordered the deployment of specialized units to secure the area.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 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
The shock of the atomic bombs was the critical factor in breaking the deadlock among the Japanese high command.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2025
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Kornel Chang
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé’s office, citing the Labodrie massacre, said in a statement that the government had called an urgent meeting of the high command of the Haiti National Police in response to the attacks and ordered the deployment of specialized units to secure the area.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 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
The shock of the atomic bombs was the critical factor in breaking the deadlock among the Japanese high command.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high command
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Voikietaitis' dominance was a theme all night as the sophomore center from Lithuania grabbed as many rebounds (11) as the Cougars had as a team in the first half.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Already the conflict has seen hundreds killed, with a blast at a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul on March 16, 2026, killing more than 400 people, according to Afghanistan’s Taliban government.—
Rabia Akhtar,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2026
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That includes weapons platforms, sensors, communications, logistics, autonomy, electronic warfare, missile defense, and command-and-control infrastructure.—
Interesting Engineering,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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The one-inning, 10-pitch affair against the Red Sox also featured strong command and Cole’s new, over-the-head windup.—
Gary Phillips,
Hartford Courant,
23 Mar. 2026
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Other states across the southern half of the United States also tended to lose home equity.—
Nick Wooten,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Some of Hadi’s friends have had their homes raided; others have been detained, or have gone missing.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Luna is considered the first true social media influencer to leverage their online audience to win a seat in Congress.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Mar. 2026
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Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is the mission commander with aviator John Shoffner as pilot and two mission specialist seats paid for by the Saudi Space Commission, Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali AlQarni.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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Activists reported hearing strikes around Iran's capital.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 2026
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This includes an erstwhile Democrat who spent considerable time and political capital on the issue.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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“High command.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20command. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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